Evaluation of MAGE-1 and MAGE-3 as tumour-specific markers to detect blood dissemination of hepatocellular carcinoma cells

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 110-116

  Mou, D C ^a   Cai, S L ^a   Peng, J R ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Chen, H S ^a   Pang, X W ^b   Leng, X S ^a   Chen, W F ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Circulating tumour cells; Hepatocellular carcinoma; MAGE transcripts; Nested polymerase chain reaction; Tumour specific marker

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MELANOMA ANTIGEN 1; MELANOMA ANTIGEN 3; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037033694     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600016     Document Type: Article

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