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Disseminated colorectal tumor cells in organs prone to metastasis detected by new double enriched nested-PCR in comparison with recognized assays.
Oncology reports - 1 May 2011
Kraus Magdalena C, Linnemann Ulrich, Berger Martin R
Abstract excerpt
Hypothetically, K-ras mutations can be used as a marker of disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) in patients with K-ras mutated primary carcinoma. This study focused on the development of a useful assay for detecting low numbers of DTCs in potential target tissues of metastatic K-ras codon 12 mutated colorectal cancer. Tumor, liver, lymph node and bone marrow tissues from 46 colorectal carcinoma patients were examined...
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