Relationship between tumour vascularity and circulating cancer cells in patients with colorectal carcinoma

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 354-358

  Mathur, P ^a   Wharton, R Q ^a   Jonas, S K ^a   Saini, S ^a   Allen Mersh, T G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulating tumour cells; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal liver metastases

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER CELL; CANCER RISK; CELL COUNT; CELL INVASION; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0034933483     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejso.2001.1118     Document Type: Article

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