American Society of Clinical Oncology 2007 update of recommendations for the use of tumor markers in breast cancer

L Harris, H Fritsche, R Mennel, L Norton… - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To update the recommendations for the use of tumor marker tests in the prevention,
screening, treatment, and surveillance of breast cancer. Methods For the 2007 update, an …

Detection of disseminated tumor cells in peripheral blood

V Zieglschmid, C Hollmann… - Critical reviews in clinical …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Metastases are the major cause of cancer-related deaths in patients with solid epithelial
malignancies, such as breast, colorectal, and prostate carcinomas. Hematogenous …

Microdevice for the isolation and enumeration of cancer cells from blood

SJ Tan, L Yobas, GYH Lee, CN Ong, CT Lim - Biomedical microdevices, 2009 - Springer
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 …

Detection of EpCAM‐negative and cytokeratin‐negative circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood

SD Mikolajczyk, LS Millar, P Tsinberg… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Enrichment of rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in blood is typically achieved using
antibodies to epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM), with detection using cytokeratin …

Clinical significance of circulating tumor cells in blood from patients with gastrointestinal cancers

K Hiraiwa, H Takeuchi, H Hasegawa… - Annals of Surgical …, 2008 - Springer
Abstract Background Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) measured by the CellSearch system in
metastatic breast cancer have been reported to correlate with shorter overall survival. The …

Intraoperative assessment of sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer

DM Layfield, A Agrawal, H Roche… - Journal of British …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) reduces the morbidity of axillary clearance
and is the standard of care for patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer. The …

Molecular staging of cervical lymph nodes in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

RL Ferris, L Xi, S Raja, JL Hunt, J Wang, WE Gooding… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
Clinical staging of cervical lymph nodes from patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the
head and neck (SCCHN) has only 50% accuracy compared with definitive pathologic …

Comparative evaluation of an extensive histopathologic examination and a real-time reverse-transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay for mammaglobin and …

G Viale, P Dell'Orto, MO Biasi, V Stufano… - Annals of …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To assess the accuracy of a commercially available real-time reverse-
transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay for mammaglobin and cytokeratin 19 mRNAs …

Dielectrophoresis devices and methods therefor

MB Sano, JL Caldwell, RV Davalos - US Patent App. 13/269,286, 2012 - Google Patents
2012-04-19 Assigned to VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY
reassignment VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY …

Sentinel node biopsy: interpretation and management of patients with immunohistochemistry-positive sentinel nodes and those with micrometastases

EJT Rutgers - Journal of clinical oncology, 2008 - ascopubs.org
The sentinel node procedure is an adequate tool to identify lymph node metastasis in breast
cancer. Sentinel nodes are generally examined with greater attention mainly to exclude, as …