Publications by authors named "Karin Wolf"
Clin Chim Acta
March 2002
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluated a new sensitive PCR method for measuring tumor markers in blood, particularly focusing on tyrosinase mRNA found in melanoma cells.
- The researchers tested this method by spiking blood samples from healthy volunteers with melanoma cells and comparing the performance of nested PCR against standard single round PCR.
- Results showed that nested PCR was significantly more effective at detecting low levels of tyrosinase mRNA, highlighting its potential for monitoring minimal residual disease in melanoma and other cancers.
