Publications by authors named "Saburou Nakashima"
Article Synopsis
- Researchers studied circulating tumor cells in patients with biliary-pancreatic cancer during surgeries to understand their link to metastases.
- Blood samples from 67 patients were analyzed, showing a significant presence of CEA-mRNA in nearly half of them, while it was absent in healthy individuals and those with benign conditions.
- Those with detectable CEA-mRNA had a higher incidence of post-surgery metastases and poorer survival rates compared to those without detectable tumor cells, indicating a connection between these markers and prognosis.
