Open AccessQuantitative Detection of Disseminated Free Cancer Cells in Peritoneal Washes With Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase–Polymerase Chain Reaction
Author(s) -
Yasuhiro Kodera,
Hayao Nakanishi,
Seiji Ito,
Yoshitaka Yamamura,
Yukihide Kanemitsu,
Yasuhiro Shimizu,
Takashi Hirai,
Kenzo Yasui,
Tomoyuki Kato,
Masae Tatematsu
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 - 10.1097/00000658-200204000-00007
Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoembryonic antigen , real time polymerase chain reaction , cancer , polymerase chain reaction , pathology , colorectal cancer , reverse transcriptase , reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction , peritoneal fluid , receiver operating characteristic , metastasis , gastroenterology , messenger rna , gene , biochemistry , chemistry
To evaluate the feasibility of real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) detection of free cancer cells in the peritoneal washes as a prognostic indicator for patients with gastric carcinoma.