Molecular detection of breast cancer metastasis in sentinel lymph nodes by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR): Identifying, evaluating and establishing multi-marker panels

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 833-844

  Wallwiener, Christian W ^a   Wallwiener, Markus ^b   Kurth, Ralf R ^a   Röhm, Carmen ^a   Neubauer, Hans ^a   Banys, Malgorzata J ^c   Staebler, Annette ^a   Schönfisch, Birgitt ^a   Meuer, Stefan C ^d   Giese, Thomas ^d   Fehm, Tanja N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b National Centre for Tumorigenesis (NCT)   (Germany)

^c Marien Krankenhaus Hamburg   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Micrometastasis; Quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Tumour specific gene transcript(s)

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 19; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MAMMAGLOBIN; MAMMAGLOBIN 2; NY BREAST CANCER ANTIGEN 1; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATIN-19; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 82255179558     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-011-1710-0     Document Type: Article

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