Micrometastases in sentinel nodes of gastric cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 676-680

  Ajisaka, H ^a   Miwa, K ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Micrometastasis; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Sentinel node; Southern blot assay

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 18; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; KERATINS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0042234012     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601183     Document Type: Article

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