Open AccessSurgical Maneuvers Enhance Molecular Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells During Gastric Cancer Surgery
Author(s) -
Futoshi Miyazono,
Shoji Natsugoe,
Sonshin Takao,
Koki Tokuda,
Fumio Kijima,
Kuniaki Aridome,
Shuichi Hokita,
Masamichi Baba,
Yoshito Eizuru,
Takashi Aikou
Publication year - 2001
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 - 10.1097/00000658-200102000-00007
Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoembryonic antigen , circulating tumor cell , cancer , metastasis , dissection (medical) , blood sampling , cancer cell , micrometastasis , gastroenterology , pathology , surgery
To evaluate the relation between the presence of cancer cells in blood according to the time course during a surgical procedure and liver metastases in patients with gastric cancer.