Annals of Oncology 13:422-429, 2002
© 2002 European Society for Medical Oncology
Human mammaglobin RT- PCR assay for detection of occult breast cancer cells in hematopoietic products
A. L. Silva, M. J. Tomé, A. E. Correia and J. L. Passos-Coelho+ Centro de Investigação de Patobiologia Molecular (CIPM), Instituto Po rtuguês de Oncologia de Francisco Gentil, Lisboa, Po rtugal
Background
The aim of this study was: (i) to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of mammaglobin as a reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction ( RT - PCR) marker of breast cancer cells; (ii) to determine the incidence of tumor cell contamination of hematopoietic samples from patients with breast cancer.
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