Prediction of distant metastasis by using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for epithelial and variant CD44 mRNA in the peripheral blood of patients with colorectal cancer

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1069-1073

  Yokoyama, Shozo ^a   Yamaue, Hiroki ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; MATRILYSIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; METASTASIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036712663     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.137.9.1069     Document Type: Article

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