Collagen peptides in urine: a new promising biomarker for the detection of colorectal liver metastases.

INTRODUCTION: For both patients and the outpatient clinic the frequent follow-up visits after a resection of colorectal cancer (CRC) are time consuming and due to large patient numbers expensive. Therefore it is important to develop an effective non-invasive test for the detection of colorectal live...

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Main Authors: Mirelle E E Bröker, Zarina S Lalmahomed, Henk P Roest, Nick A van Huizen, Lennard J M Dekker, Wim Calame, Cornelis Verhoef, Jan N M Ijzermans, Theo M Luider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3745414?pdf=render