Cytokeratin 20 positive circulating tumor cells are a marker for response after neoadjuvant chemoradiation but not for prognosis in patients with rectal cancer

BACKGROUND: Several studies have shown, that circulating tumor cells (CTC) have a negative prognostic value in colorectal cancer patients. Aim of this study was to evaluate the role of CTC in specifically rectal cancer patients regarding the influence on overall survival and to elucidate the impact...

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Autores principales: Hinz, Sebastian, Röder, Christian, Tepel, Jürgen, Hendricks, Alexander, Schafmayer, Clemens, Becker, Thomas, Kalthoff, Holger
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4682277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26674974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-015-1989-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4682277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26674974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-015-1989-z

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