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No-touch isolation technique reduces intraoperative shedding of tumor cells into the portal vein during resection of colorectal cancer.
Surgery - 1 Apr 1999
Hayashi N, Egami H, Kai M, Kurusu Y, Takano S, Ogawa M
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BACKGROUND: The mutant-allele-specific amplification (MASA) method is capable of detecting 1 genetically altered tumor cell among thousands of normal cells. The MASA enabled us to detect occult tumor cells undetectable by histopathologic examination of lymph nodes and blood samples. METHODS: To investigate whether tumor manipulation during operation enhances cancer cell dissemination into the portal vein with use...
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