ANTXR1 and cancer: First, the stromal score was analyzed for different types of cancer evaluated when there was high or low expression of ANTXR1. Stromal cells are thought to have important roles in tumor growth, disease progression and drug resistance (Yoshihara, et al., 2013), and tumor related stroma has a role in progression, metastasis of tumor and response to chemotherapy (Stein et al., 2019).