Open AccessClearance of Circulating Tumor Cells After Excision of Primary Colorectal Cancer
Author(s) -
Hitesh Patel,
Nadia Le Marer,
Richard Wharton,
Zulfiqar A. J. Khan,
Ruth Araia,
Clare Glover,
M. M. Henry,
T G Allen-Mersh
Publication year - 2002
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 - 10.1097/00000658-200202000-00010
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , carcinoembryonic antigen , cytokeratin , stage (stratigraphy) , circulating tumor cell , cancer , oncology , primary tumor , venous blood , gastroenterology , pathology , metastasis , immunohistochemistry , paleontology , biology
To establish whether the prevalence of positive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results decreased during the first 3 months after colorectal cancer excision, and to assess whether persistence of RT-PCR positivity after primary colorectal cancer excision was related to tumor stage or locally advanced and metastatic disease.