Comparative study between the free DNA in peripheral blood and TNM staging in patients with colorectal cancer for prognostic evaluation in the university hospital of the State of Alagoas

Colorectal neoplasm is one of the most common cancers in developed countries and its incidence has grown progressively. The currently used attempts to prognostic assessment are limited, since they are restricted to the observation of tumor morphology, such as the TNM staging. The quantification of f...

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Main Authors: Victor Cardoso Rocha, Raquel Silva Moreira, Manoel Álvaro De Freitas Lins Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2012-06-01
Series:Journal of Coloproctology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-93632012000200006