Open AccessPrediction of Distant Metastasis by Using Reverse Transcriptase–Polymerase Chain Reaction for Epithelial and Variant CD44 mRNA in the Peripheral Blood of Patients With Colorectal Cancer
Author(s) -
Shozo Yokoyama
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.137.9.1069
Subject(s) - carcinoembryonic antigen , medicine , colorectal cancer , micrometastasis , cd44 , metastasis , pathology , reverse transcriptase , circulating tumor cell , clinical significance , real time polymerase chain reaction , cancer , cancer research , oncology , polymerase chain reaction , cell , biology , gene , biochemistry , genetics
Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been used to identify small numbers of tumor cells. Molecular detection is thought to provide useful information for the clinical management of postoperative adjuvant therapy regimens.
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