Rt-PCR increases detection of submicroscopic peritoneal metastases in gastric cancer and has prognostic significance.
2012
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Positive peritoneal cytology confers the same prognosis as clinical stage IV disease in gastric cancer. Conventional cytology examination, however, has low sensitivity. We hypothesize that real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) may have increased sensitivity and provide more accurate staging information.
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