Limitations of specific reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction markers in the detection of metastases in the lymph nodes and blood of breast cancer patients

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2632-2640

  Bostick, Peter J ^a   Chatterjee, Sunanda ^a   Chi, Dorcas D ^a   Huynh, Kelly T ^a   Giuliano, Armando E ^a   Cote, Richard ^a   Hoon, Dave S B ^a  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 19; MUCIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031904274     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.8.2632     Document Type: Article

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