Disseminated single tumor cells as detected by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction represent a prognostic factor in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer.

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Published in Ann Surg on December 01, 2002

Authors

Ulrich Guller1, Paul Zajac, Annelies Schnider, Beatrix Bösch, Stefan Vorburger, Markus Zuber, Giulio Cesare Spagnoli, Daniel Oertli, Robert Maurer, Urs Metzger, Felix Harder, Michael Heberer, Walter Richard Marti

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1: Surgical Research Unit, Deparment of Surgery, University of Basel, Switzerland.

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