Analysis of sensitivity and specificity of cytokeratin 19 reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction for detection of occult breast cancer in bone marrow and leukapheresis products

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 286-291

  Xiao, Yan Zhong ^a,b   Kaul, Sepp ^a   Diel, Ingo ^a   Eichler, Astrid ^a   Bastert, Gunther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Breast cancer; Cytokeratin 19; Detection; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 19;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BREAST CANCER; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKAPHERESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; LEUKAPHERESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033051767     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004320050275     Document Type: Article

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