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Detection of circulating cancer cells with von hippel-lindau gene mutation in peripheral blood of patients with renal cell carcinoma.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Oct 2000
Ashida S, Okuda H, Chikazawa M, Tanimura M, Sugita O, Yamamoto Y, Nakamura S, Moriyama M, Shuin T
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene have been detected in up to 60% of sporadic clear cell renal carcinomas (RCCs). Even patients with RCCs believed to be curable with radical nephrectomy sometimes develop distant metastasis 5-10 years after surgery, suggesting hematoge...
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