Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas: detection of occult metastases in regional lymph nodes by a polymerase chain reaction-based assay.

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Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas: detection of occult metastases in regional lymph nodes by a polymerase chain reaction-based assay.

Cancer - 1 Oct 1998

Demeure M J, Doffek K M, Komorowski R A, Wilson S D

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BACKGROUND: Stage I (T1-2NOM0) adenocarcinoma of the pancreas is associated with a 5-year survival rate of 15-25%. Despite apparently curative resection and pathologic staging indicating localized disease, these cancers recur. The authors hypothesized that there exists microscopic regional diseas...

Topics

Adenocarcinoma
Genes, ras
Humans
Lymph Nodes
Lymphatic Metastasis
Mutation
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Polymerase Chain Reaction

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