Prognostic significance of circulating tumour cells following surgical resection of colorectal cancers: A systematic review

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1327-1334

  Peach, G ^a   Kim, C ^b   Zacharakis, E ^a   Purkayastha, S ^a   Ziprin, P ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulating tumour cells; Colorectal cancer; Postoperative; Prognosis; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 20; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B4;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; CIRCULATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KERATINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951665381     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605651     Document Type: Article

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