The past decade has seen many advances in knowledge about gastric cancer. Notably,
tumour biology and lymphatic spread are now better understood, and treatment by surgical …

Background: Evaluation of tumor-specific circulating DNA in plasma/serum is a promising
noninvasive diagnostic and prognostic tool requiring only a blood sample, which …

Cancer metastasis is the main attribute to cancer-related deaths. Furthermore, clinical
reports have shown a strong correlation between the disease development and number of …

Objectives: To analyze blood shed from the surgical field during oncologic surgery for tumor
cells and to assess functional characteristics of these cells. Design and Patients: Series of …

Peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPCs) are increasingly used for autografting after high-
dose chemotherapy. One advantage of PBPCs over the use of autologous bone marrow …

The detection of circulating tumor cells and micrometastases may have important prognostic
and therapeutic implications. Because their numbers can be very small, these tumor cells …

Malignant small round cell tumors are characterised by small, round, relatively
undifferentiated cells. They generally include Ewing's sarcoma, peripheral neuroectodermal …

BACKGROUND Most cancer detection tests currently performed are based on either
antibody assays to a marker protein with altered expression in cancer patients or on imaging …

Breast cancer micrometastases in axillary lymph nodes have been detected by serial
sectioning and immunohistochemistry, and shown to have prognostic significance. We have …

PURPOSE To determine the frequency with which prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-positive
cells can be detected in the peripheral blood of patients with prostatic cancer in different …