Disseminated cytokeratin positive tumor cells in the bone marrow of patients with prostate cancer: Detection and prognostic value

Journal of Urology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 699-704

  Weckermann, Dorothea ^b   Müller, Peter ^b   Wawroschek, Friedhelm ^b   Harzmann, Rolf ^b   Riethmüller, Gert ^b   Schlimok, Günter ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Keratin staining; Prognosis; Prostate; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 8; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034947347     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)66046-6     Document Type: Review

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