Clinical significance of molecular detection of carcinoma cells in lymph nodes and peripheral blood by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in patients with gastrointestinal or breast carcinomas.

Mori, M; Mimori, K; Ueo, H; Tsuji, K; Shiraishi, T; F Barnard, G; Sugimachi, K; Akiyoshi, T

doi:10.1200/jco.1998.16.1.128

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Clinical significance of molecular detection of carcinoma cells in lymph nodes and peripheral blood by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in patients with gastrointestinal or breast carcinomas.

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M Mori

K Mimori

H Ueo

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study evaluates the clinical significance of detection of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) mRNA in the dissected lymph nodes and peripheral blood samples of patients with gastrointestinal or breast carcinomas. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 406 lymph nodes obtained from 65 patients wer...

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