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Evaluation of a panel of molecular markers for the diagnosis of malignant serous effusions.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Oct 2005
Passebosc-Faure Karine, Li Guorong, Lambert Claude, Cottier Michèle, Gentil-Perret Anne, Fournel Pierre, Pérol Maurice, Genin Christian
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PURPOSE: Our main goal was to evaluate a panel of molecular markers for the detection of cancer cells in serous effusions and to determine their value as an adjunctive reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) test to cytologic examination. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: One hundred fourteen serous effusions from 71 patients with tumors and 43 patients with benign diseases were subjected to RT-PCR for expression of...
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