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Cytokeratins 20 and 7 as biomarkers: usefulness in discriminating primary from metastatic adenocarcinoma.

European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Apr 2002

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Metastatic adenocarcinoma from an unknown primary site is a common clinical problem. The use of cytokeratins 20 (CK20) and 7 (CK7) was proposed to identify the primary sites in this situation. In this review, the results of 29 studies were summarised and the difficulties of data comparison described. Most tumours retained the CK20 phenotype during metastasis, but lung, non-mucinous ovarian, and gastric...

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PMID: 11937308
DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(02)00008-4

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