Clinical role of circulating Epstein-Barr virus DNA as a tumor marker in lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1022, Issue , 2004, Pages 263-270

  Ngan, Roger K C ^a   Yip, Timothy T C ^a   Cheng, W W ^a   Chan, John K C ^a   Cho, William C S ^a   Ma, Victor W S ^a   Wan, K K ^b   Au, Joseph S K ^a   Law, C K ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Gene Pro Laboratory Limited   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus (EBV) DNA; Longitudinal profile; Lung lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma (LELC); Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TUMOR MARKER; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINESE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MALE; MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 3242684086     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1318.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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