Free cancer cells exfoliated from the cancer-invaded serosa contribute to peritoneal dissemination, the most frequent pattern of recurrence in gastric carcinoma patients. This study was designed to evaluate the prognostic relevance of such free cells in peritoneal washes detected by reverse transcri
Detection of peritoneal micrometastasis by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for heparanase mRNA and cytology in peritoneal wash samples
โ Scribed by Zhenning Wang; Xue Zhang; Huimian Xu; Xin Zhou; Li Jiang; Chong Lu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 90
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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