Detection of hematogenous micrometastasis in patients with transitional cell carcinoma

Journal of Urology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 532-536

  Güdemann, Christof J ^a   Weitz, Jürgen ^a   Kienle, Peter ^a   Lacroix, Jeannine ^a   Wiesel, Manfred J ^a   Soder, Martin ^a   Benner, Axel ^a   Staehler, Gerd ^a   Von Knebel Doeberitz, Magnus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circulating tumor cells; Metastasis; Polymerase chain reaction; Reverse transcriptase; Transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA;

EID: 0342656116     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67418-6     Document Type: Article

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