Why the study?
Can genomic PCR detect tumor cells in peripheral blood from patients with myxoid liposarcoma?
Population
20 patients with myxoid liposarcoma (19 with t(12;16) and 1 with t(12;22;20))
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
10-year period
Authors
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May enable circulating tumor cell detection in myxoid liposarcoma; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical use.
Can genomic PCR detect tumor cells in peripheral blood from patients with myxoid liposarcoma?
Genomic PCR can detect circulating tumor cells in a subset of patients with myxoid liposarcoma, though its clinical significance remains unclear.
Panagopoulos et al. (1996) studied this question.