Perioperative cancer cell dissemination detected with a real-time RT-PCR assay for EpCAM is not associated with worse prognosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Abstract Background Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) has been used as surrogate marker for the quantification of circulating tumour cells (CTC).Our aim was to prospectively study the value of a real-time RT-PCR assay for EpCAM detection in the peripheral blood and peritoneal cavity of patients undergoing pancreatectomy for pancreatic ducta

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Experimental Calibration of the Overlap Factor for the Pulsed Atmospheric Lidar by Employing a Collocated Scheimpflug Lidar

Lidar techniques have been widely employed for atmospheric remote sensing during past decades.However, an important drawback of the traditional atmospheric pulsed lidar technique SALTED CARAMEL MILK CHOCOLATE is the large blind range, typically hundreds of meters, due to incomplete overlap between the transmitter and the receiver, etc.The large bli

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