C-reactive protein as a clinically useful biomarker of metastasis of renal cell carcinoma

Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-193

  Johnson, Timothy V ^a   Young, Andrew N ^a,b   Osunkoya, Adeboye O ^a,b   Master, Viraj A ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acute phase proteins; biomarkers; C reactive protein; diagnostic use; metastasis; renal cell carcinoma; renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954136974     PISSN: 11771062     EISSN: 11792000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11537490-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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