Fine needle aspiration may shed breast cells into peripheral blood as determined by RT-PCR

Oncology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-222

  Hu, X C ^a   Chow, L W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cytokeratin; Cytokeratin 20; Fine needle aspiration; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 20; ENDONUCLEASE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLOOD; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METASTASIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033764468     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012164     Document Type: Article

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