Article
Peritoneal exfoliative cytology and Ki-ras mutational analysis in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Cancer letters - 6 Nov 1995
Rall C J, Rivera J A, Centeno B A, Fernandez-del Castillo C, Rattner D W, Warshaw A L, Rustgi A K
Abstract excerpt
This is the first description of the detection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma peritoneal metastasis by established radiolabeled polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based Ki-ras mutational analysis. The present study evaluates both routine cytology and Ki-ras mutational analysis in the detection of peritoneal micrometastases in 24 subjects with pancreatic adenocarcinoma compared to seven control cases of chronic...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adult
- Aged
- Ascitic Fluid
- Female
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Pancreatic Neoplasms
- Prospective Studies
