Significance of carcinoembryonic antigen mRNA in peritoneal lavage determined by transcription–reverse transcription concerted method in patients with low rectal cancer

Summary: Background/Objective: Positive carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) messenger RNA (mRNA) in peritoneal lavage is associated with poor prognosis in patients with colon cancer. However, there are no reports about rectal cancer. Therefore we aimed to evaluate the frequency of positive CEA mRNA in p...

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Main Authors: Koji Murono, Soichiro Ishihara, Kazushige Kawai, Manabu Kaneko, Kazuhito Sasaki, Kensuke Otani, Koji Yasuda, Takeshi Nishikawa, Toshiaki Tanaka, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Keisuke Hata, Hiroaki Nozawa, Yumiko Satoh, Makiko Kurihara, Yutaka Yatomi, Toshiaki Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958416303761