Detection of clinically significant, occult prostate cancer metastases in lymph nodes using a splice variant-specific RT-PCR assay for human glandular kallikrein

Shariat, SF; Kattan, MW; Erdamar, Ayşe; Nguyen, C; Scardino, PT; Spencer, DM; Wheeler, TM; Slawin, KM

doi:10.1200/jco.2003.08.142

Detection of clinically significant, occult prostate cancer metastases in lymph nodes using a splice variant-specific RT-PCR assay for human glandular kallikrein

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Shariat S., Kattan M., Erdamar S. , Nguyen C., Scardino P., Spencer D., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, cilt.21, ss.1223-1231, 2003 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)

Cilt numarası: 21 Konu: 7
Basım Tarihi: 2003
Doi Numarası: 10.1200/jco.2003.08.142
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1223-1231

Özet

Purpose: To compare the detection of human glandular kallikrein 2 (hK2) mRNA expression in archival lymph nodes with disease progression, the development of prostate cancer metastases, and mortality in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy for locally advanced nonmetastatic prostate cancer.