Cytokeratin-positive cells in the bone marrow from patients with pancreatic, periampullary malignancy and benign pancreatic disease show no prognostic information

Abstract Background Pancreatic and periampullary carcinoma are aggressive tumours where preoperative assessment is challenging. Disseminated tumour cells (DTC) in the bone marrow (BM) are associated with impaired prognosis in a variety of epithelial cancers. In a cohort of patients with presumed res...

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Main Authors: Harald Hugenschmidt, Knut Jørgen Labori, Cathrine Brunborg, Caroline Sophie Verbeke, Lars Thomas Seeberg, Cecilie Bendigtsen Schirmer, Anne Renolen, Elin Borgen, Bjørn Naume, Gro Wiedswang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-020-07510-z