CEA mRNA identification in peripheral blood is feasible for colorectal, but not for gastric or pancreatic cancer staging

Oncology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 323-328

  Piva, Maria Grazia ^a   Navaglia, Filippo ^a   Basso, Daniela ^a   Fogar, Paola ^a   Roveroni, Giovanni ^a   Gallo, Nicoletta ^a   Zambon, Carlo Federico ^a   Pedrazzoli, Sergio ^a   Plebani, Mario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CEA; Colorectal cancer; Gastric cancer; mRNA; Pancreatic cancer; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER CELL; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

EID: 0033668431     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012190     Document Type: Article

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