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Prognostic significance of the sequential detection of circulating melanoma cells by RT–PCR in high-risk melanoma patients receiving adjuvant interferon

For detecting tumour cells in melanoma patients reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT–PCR) has been used to identify tyrosinase, a key enzyme in melanin biosynthesis, in the circulation ...
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Preemptive treatment of minimal residual disease post transplant in CML using real-time quantitative RT-PCR: a prospective, randomized trial

Several therapeutic options exist for patients who relapse following allogeneic SCT; immunosuppressant withdrawal, donor leukocyte infusion (DLI), interferon-α, and second transplantation. Most of ...
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Prognostic Significance of Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction for Prostate-Specific Antigen in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Nested Study Within CALGB 9583

Management and Outcome Differences in Supraglottic Cancer Between Ontario, Canada, and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Areas of the United States Purpose: To determine whether reverse ...