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Limitations in molecular detection of lymph node micrometastasis from colorectal cancer.
Diagnostic molecular pathology : the American journal of surgical pathology, part B - 1 Jun 2007
Klebig Felix, Fischer Carsten, Petri Susan, Gerull Helwe, Wagener Christoph, Tschentscher Peter
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Colorectal cancer patients with lymph node metastasis have a shorter survival and may require adjuvant therapy after surgery of the primary tumor. It is supposed that a more reliable diagnosis can be achieved using tumor-specific DNA mutations for the detection of metastasizing cells. To design a practical approach for a molecular diagnosis of micrometastasis, we applied direct DNA sequencing to screen 48 early...
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