Open AccessSignificant Detection of Circulating Cancer Cells in the Blood by Reverse Transcriptase–Polymerase Chain Reaction During Colorectal Cancer Resection
Author(s) -
Kazuya Yamaguchi,
Yukihiro Takagi,
Shinichirou Aoki,
Manabu Futamura,
Shigetoyo Saji
Publication year - 2000
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 - 10.1097/00000658-200007000-00009
Subject(s) - medicine , cytokeratin , carcinoembryonic antigen , colorectal cancer , circulating tumor cell , micrometastasis , reverse transcriptase , venous blood , reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction , pathology , gastroenterology , polymerase chain reaction , cancer , oncology , metastasis , messenger rna , immunohistochemistry , gene , biology , biochemistry
To analyze the clinical value of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) recognition of mRNA coding for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cytokeratin 20 in blood obtained from patients with colorectal carcinoma.