Prognostic Value of Putative Circulating Cancer Stem Cells in Patients Undergoing Hepatic Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastasis

Background Although surgery is the gold standard treatment of hepatic metastasis from colorectal cancer (CRC), many patients ultimately die of their disease. We tested the hypothesis that the detection of circulating tumor cells (CTC) might identify patients at high risk of dying of disease recurren...

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Published in:	Annals of surgical oncology Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 402 - 408
Main Authors:	Pilati, Pierluigi, Mocellin, Simone, Bertazza, Loris, Galdi, Francesca, Briarava, Marta, Mammano, Enzo, Tessari, Emanuela, Zavagno, Giorgio, Nitti, Donato
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer-Verlag 01-02-2012 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Aged Biomarkers, Tumor - genetics Biomarkers, Tumor - metabolism Colorectal Cancer Colorectal Neoplasms - mortality Colorectal Neoplasms - pathology Colorectal Neoplasms - surgery Female Follow-Up Studies Hepatectomy Humans Liver Neoplasms - mortality Liver Neoplasms - secondary Liver Neoplasms - surgery Lymphatic Metastasis Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - diagnosis Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - mortality Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - surgery Neoplasm Staging Neoplastic Cells, Circulating - metabolism Neoplastic Cells, Circulating - pathology Neoplastic Stem Cells - metabolism Neoplastic Stem Cells - pathology Oncology Prognosis Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Retrospective Studies Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Surgery Surgical Oncology Survival Rate Liver Metastasis Colorectal Liver Metastasis Epithelial Growth Factor Receptor Vascular Endothelium Growth Factor Circulate Tumor Cell
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