Detection of metastatic breast cancer by β-hCG polymerase chain reaction

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 369-374

  Hoon, Dave S B ^a,d   Sarantou, Terry ^a   Doi, Fukashi ^a   Chi, Dorcas D J ^b   Kuo, Christine ^b   Conrad, Andrew J ^b   Schmid, Peter ^b   Turner, Roderick ^c   Guiliano, Armando ^a  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b National Genetics Institute   (United States)

^c SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d John Wayne Inst Cancer Treatm Res   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029806393     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19961021)69:5<369::AID-IJC3>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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