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
Quantitative detection of CEA expressing free tumor cells in the peripheral blood of colorectal cancer patients during surgery with real-time RT-PCR on a LightCycler
β Scribed by Seiji Ito; Hayao Nakanishi; Takashi Hirai; Tomoyuki Kato; Yasuhiro Kodera; Zhang Feng; Yasushi Kasai; Katsuki Ito; Seiji Akiyama; Akimasa Nakao; Masae Tatematsu
- Book ID
- 117467390
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 114 KB
- Volume
- 183
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0304-3835
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