Per-operative intravascular tumor cell shedding. An experimental methodological study.
A previously reported experimental technique for estimation of the per-operative intravascular tumor cell shedding was further studied. A significant increased tumor cell shedding was found in rats after tumor biopsy compared with animals operatively prepared for such a biopsy. An attempt was made to estimate the number of intravascularly shedded vital tumor cells under biopsy.
D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D051381:Rats; D012513:Sarcoma, Experimental / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery