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Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology 1, 6–7 (1 November 2004) | doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0011

Occult tumor cell detection in colorectal cancer

|[Ouml]|berg |[Aring]|NV et al. (2004) Detection of occult tumour cells in lymph nodes of colorectal cancer patients using real-time quantitative RT-PCR for CEA and CK20 mRNAs. Int J Cancer 111: 101–110 Tumor recurrence is common after surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC) and early detection of residual cancer may improve the success rate of adjuvant chemotherapy.