Clinical and prognostic significance of detecting CEA, EGFR, LunX, c-met and EpCAM mRNA-positive cells in the peripheral blood, tumor-draining blood and bone marrow of non-small cell lung cancer patients.

Transl Lung Cancer Res · 2023 · PMC10261864 · PMID 37323172

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The presence of CEA mRNA-positive CTCs in preoperative peripheral blood samples had nearly significant impact on DFS (HR =1.9; 95% CI: 0.99–3.5; P=0.055) and CSS (HR =2; 95% CI: 0.95–4.01; P=0.067).

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Clinical and prognostic significance of detecting <i>CEA</i>, <i>EGFR</i>, <i>LunX</i>, <i>c-met</i> and <i>EpCAM</i> mRNA-positive cells in the peripheral blood, tumor-draining blood and bone marrow of non-small cell lung cancer patients.

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