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Enriched SSCP: a highly sensitive method for the detection of unknown mutations. Application to the molecular diagnosis of lung cancer in sputum samples.
Diagnostic molecular pathology : the American journal of surgical pathology, part B - 1 Aug 1997
Marchetti A, Buttitta F, Carnicelli V, Pellegrini S, Bertacca G, Merlo G, Bevilacqua G
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Detection of gene mutations by sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods can allow to identify occult neoplastic cells in a great excess of nonmalignant cells. These molecular approaches have an enormous potential in terms of early diagnosis, detection of occult micrometastases of solid tumors, and minimal residual disease in patients with hematopoietic malignancies. Currently, the applications of...
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