1996
Detection of rare circulating human colon tumor cells in a nude mouse xenograft model
Pages J, Sordat B, Bautista D, Costa J, Benhattar J. Detection of rare circulating human colon tumor cells in a nude mouse xenograft model. Cancer Letters 1996, 106: 139-144. PMID: 8827058, DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(96)04319-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman colon tumor cellsTumor cellsColon tumor cellsSensitive allele-specific polymerase chain reactionExperimental modelNude mouse xenograft modelK-ras mutationsMouse xenograft modelAllele-specific polymerase chain reactionK-ras geneLymph nodesPrimary implantationSpecific polymerase chain reactionHuman colon carcinoma cellsMicrometastatic depositsPolymerase chain reactionColon carcinoma cellsXenograft modelNude miceGAT mutationMetastatic processCarcinoma cellsBloodChain reactionOccurrence of cells
1977
Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Lymphadenectomy of Malignant Melanoma
COHEN A, KETCHAM A, FELIX E, LI S, tOMASZEWSKI M, COSTA J, RABSON A, SIMON R, ROSENBERG S. Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Lymphadenectomy of Malignant Melanoma. Annals Of Surgery 1977, 186: 635-642. PMID: 921357, PMCID: PMC1396308, DOI: 10.1097/00000658-197711000-00016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsFemaleHumansLymph Node ExcisionLymph NodesLymphatic MetastasisMaleMelanomaPrognosisSkin NeoplasmsConceptsNode dissectionLevel of invasionSite of melanomaPositive nodesLymph nodesPrognostic factorsExtremity melanomaMelanoma patientsPrognostic discriminationPreoperative assessmentSame pathologistMalignant melanomaMelanoma thicknessPatientsMelanomaYears' experienceDissectionSurvivalImportant factorInvasionMultivariate evaluationAspatientsFourpatientsPrognosticfactorsThesurgeon