Open AccessIsolated Tumor Cells Are Frequently Detectable in the Peritoneal Cavity of Gastric and Colorectal Cancer Patients and Serve as a New Prognostic Marker
Author(s) -
Astrid Schott,
Ilka Vogel,
Uwe Krueger,
Holger Kalthoff,
Hans-Wilhelm Schreiber,
Wolff Schmiegel,
Doris HenneBruns,
Bernd Kremer,
Hartmut Juhl
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199803000-00009
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , peritoneal cavity , cancer , bone marrow , pathology , survival rate , minimal residual disease , gastrointestinal cancer , oncology , gastroenterology , surgery
To evaluate the prognostic significance of isolated tumor cells detected by a panel of various monoclonal antibodies.