Micrometastasis

Distant metastases are the main cause of cancer-related death. The onset of the metastatic process can now be assessed in cancer patients by the use of immunocytochemical and molecular methods that allow the identification of disseminated carcinoma cells in regional lymph nodes, peripheral blood or...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pantel, Klaus (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Technical Aspects of the Detection of Disseminated Tumour Cells by Molecular Methods
  • RNA/DNA Based Detection of Minimal Residual Head and Neck Cancer
  • Detection and Characterisation of Occult Metastatic Cells in Bone Marrow of Breast Cancer Patients: Implications for Adjuvant Therapy
  • Prognosis of Minimal Residual Disease in Bone Marrow, Blood and Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer
  • Detection, Isolation and Study of Disseminated Prostate Cancer Cells in the Peripheral Blood and Bone Marrow
  • Early Disseminated Tumour Cells in Operable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Prognostic Value of Minimal Residual Disease in Esophageal Cancer
  • Clinical Relevance of Tumor Cell Dissemination in Colorectal, Gastric and Pancreatic Carcinoma
  • Minimal Residual Disease in Melanoma