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Clinical value of bile for the detection of mutant K-ras from colorectal liver metastases.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
de Kok J B, Swinkels D W, Ruers T J
Abstract excerpt
In 25% of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer, hepatic metastases are not detected at presentation of the colorectal primary but develop during follow-up. Early detection of these metastases may improve the chance of cure by surgical resection. We hypothesised that in patients with occult hepatic metastases, tumour DNA might be detected in bile which could be collected during resection of the colorectal...
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