Free cancer cells in gastric cancer - methods of detection, clinical and prognostic importance (meta-analysis).

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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2. Clinical characteristics and prognostic analysis of circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood and surgical lavage fluid from patients with colorectal cancer.American journal of translational research · 2025
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3. Molecular mechanisms driving the interactions between platelet and gastric cancer cells during peritoneal dissemination.Oncology letters · 2024
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4. Effectiveness of peritoneal lavage fluid circulating tumour cells and circulating tumour DNA in the prediction of metachronous peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer (pT4NxM0/pT1-3N+M0) after radical resection: protocol of a prospective single-centre clinical study.BMJ open · 2024
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5. Positive peritoneal lavage fluid cytology based on isolation by size of epithelial tumor cells indicates a high risk of peritoneal metastasis.PeerJ · 2024
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6. Prognostic value of molecular cytology by one-step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA) assay of peritoneal washings in advanced gastric cancer patients.Scientific reports · 2022
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7. Clinical importance of carcinoembryonic antigen messenger RNA level in peritoneal lavage fluids measured by transcription-reverse transcription concerted reaction for advanced gastric cancer in laparoscopic surgery.Surgical endoscopy · 2022
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8. Clinical Significance of Peritoneal Fluid Examination for Free Cancer Cells in Patients Qualified for Surgery for Gastric Cancer.Frontiers in surgery · 2021
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Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Funding

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