Rapid quantitative detection of carcinoe
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Hayao Nakanishi; Yasuhiro Kodera; Yoshitaka Yamamura; Seiji Ito; Tomoyuki Kato;
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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Detection of free cancer cells in the peritoneal cavity by RT-PCR using carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) as a target gene is a more sensitive predictor of peritoneal dissemination than conventional cytology in gastric-cancer patients. Difficulties with this method are the lack of quantitative assessme