Biological implications of tumor cells in blood and bone marrow of pancreatic cancer patients

Dormancy of micrometastases: Balanced proliferation and apoptosis in the presence of angiogenesis suppression

1995 • 1,863 citations

Pancreatic Carcinoma

1992 • 1,175 citations

Cytokeratin-Positive Cells in the Bone Marrow and Survival of Patients with Stage I, II, or III Breast Cancer

2000 • 927 citations

Pancreatic cancer: a report of treatment and survival trends for 100,313 patients diagnosed from 1985–1995, using the National Cancer Database11No competing interests declared.

1999 • 786 citations

Detection of melanoma cells in peripheral blood by means of reverse transcriptase and polymerase chain reaction

1991 • 658 citations

Illegitimate transcription: transcription of any gene in any cell type.

1989 • 647 citations

Prognostic significance of micrometastatic tumour cells in bone marrow of colorectal cancer patients

1992 • 563 citations

Differential Expression of Proliferation-Associated Molecules in Individual Micrometastatic Carcinoma Cells

1993 • 514 citations

Micrometastatic Breast Cancer Cells in Bone Marrow at Primary Surgery: Prognostic Value in Comparison With Nodal Status

1996 • 491 citations

Detection of hematogenous micrometastasis in patients with prostate cancer.

1992 • 374 citations

Prognostic Value of Immunohistochemically Identifiable Tumor Cells in Lymph Nodes of Patients with Completely Resected Esophageal Cancer

1997 • 370 citations

Detection of tumor messenger RNA in the serum of patients with malignant melanoma.

1999 • 352 citations

Detection of epithelial cancer cells in peripheral blood by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction

1995 • 343 citations

Implications of peritoneal cytology for staging of early pancreatic cancer

1991 • 317 citations

Micrometastatic cancer cells in bone marrow: in vitro detection with anti-cytokeratin and in vivo labeling with anti-17-1A monoclonal antibodies.

1987 • 316 citations

Significant Detection of Circulating Cancer Cells in the Blood by Reverse Transcriptase–Polymerase Chain Reaction During Colorectal Cancer Resection

2000 • 312 citations

Limitations of reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analyses for detection of micrometastatic epithelial cancer cells in bone marrow.

1997 • 290 citations

DETECTION OF MICROMETASTASES IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY BREAST CANCER

1983 • 269 citations

K-ras mutations are found in DNA extracted from the plasma of patients with colorectal cancer

1997 • 250 citations

Meta-analyses of studies on bone marrow micrometastases: an independent prognostic impact remains to be substantiated.

1998 • 228 citations

Keratin gene expression in non-epithelial tissues. Detection with polymerase chain reaction.

1993 • 208 citations

Prognostic significance of bone marrow micrometastases in patients with gastric cancer.

1996 • 195 citations

Sensitive detection of rare circulating neuroblastoma cells by the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction.

1992 • 190 citations

Detection of circulating tumor cells in men with localized prostate cancer.

1994 • 180 citations

Detection of mutant K-ras DNA in plasma or serum of patients with colorectal cancer

1997 • 172 citations

Further experience with laparoscopy and peritoneal cytology in the staging of pancreatic cancer

1995 • 171 citations

The pathobiology of peritonitis

1998 • 168 citations

Isolated Tumor Cells Are Frequently Detectable in the Peritoneal Cavity of Gastric and Colorectal Cancer Patients and Serve as a New Prognostic Marker

1998 • 167 citations

Micrometastases in esophagogastric cancer: High detection rate in resected rib segments

1999 • 164 citations

Presence of circulating prostate cells in the bone marrow of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy is predictive of disease-free survival.

1997 • 130 citations

Establishment of Micrometastatic Carcinoma Cell Lines: a Novel Source of Tumor Cell Vaccines

1995 • 127 citations

Monoclonal antibodies in the detection and therapy of micrometastatic epithelial cancers

1992 • 116 citations

Neuroblastoma cell detection by reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) for tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA

1994 • 111 citations

Micrometastases: marker of metastatic potential or evidence of residual disease?

1997 • 110 citations

Detection of Hematogenic Tumor Cell Dissemination in Patients Undergoing Resection of Liver Metastases of Colorectal Cancer

2000 • 109 citations

Diagnosis of micrometastases by the amplification of tissue-specific genes

1995 • 105 citations

Sensitivity of immunocytochemical detection of breast cancer cells in human bone marrow.

1991 • 97 citations

Detection of circulating thyroid cells in peripheral blood

1996 • 91 citations

Implications of Peritoneal Cytology for Pancreatic Cancer Management

1998 • 87 citations

Disseminated tumor cells in pancreatic cancer patients detected by immunocytology: a new prognostic factor.

1999 • 86 citations

Early Lymphatic Tumor Cell Dissemination in Pancreatic Cancer

1997 • 74 citations

Clinical Value of Extended Biologic Staging by Bone Marrow Micrometastases and Tumor-Associated Proteases in Gastric Cancer

1997 • 64 citations

Detection of Isolated Disseminated Tumor Cells in Bone Marrow and Blood Samples of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma

2000 • 54 citations

Immunocytochemical detection of isolated epithelial tumor cells in bone marrow of patients with pancreatic carcinoma

1996 • 26 citations

Circulating albumin messenger RNA in hepatocellular carcinoma: Results of a multicenter prospective study

1997 • 17 citations

Pancreatic Surgery

1995 • 15 citations

Detection of circulating prostatic cells during radical prostatectomy

1997 • 13 citations

Minimal dissemination of solid epithelial tumours: Impact on staging and therapeutic strategy

1997 • 10 citations

Circulating albumin messenger RNA in hepatocellular carcinoma: Results of a multicenter prospective study.

1997 • 9 citations

Peritoneal Fluid Cytology in Advanced Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma of the Pancreas

1996 • 3 citations

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1955 • 0 citations