Surgery
Volume 146, Issue 5 , Pages 888-895 , November 2009

Presence of minute cancer cell dissemination in peritoneal lavage fluid detected by reverse transcription PCR is an independent prognostic factor in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer

  • Hidetoshi Eguchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hidetoshi Eguchi, MD, Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, 1-3-3 Nakamichi, Higashinari-ku, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
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  • Hiroaki Ohigashi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Hidenori Takahashi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Masahiko Yano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Masaaki Motoori, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Isao Miyashiro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Kentaro Kishi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Masayuki Ohue, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Shingo Noura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Yosuke Seki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Terumasa Yamada, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Kunihito Goto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Takashi Yamamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Laboratory, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Atushi Idota

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Laboratory, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Junko Fujii

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Laboratory, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Hiromu Nakajima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Laboratory, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Tomoyuki Yamasaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Laboratory, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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  • Osamu Ishikawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan

,Accepted 10 April 2009.

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PII: S0039-6060(09)00296-7

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.04.021

Surgery
Volume 146, Issue 5 , Pages 888-895 , November 2009

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