title: The polymerase chain reaction in the detection of micrometastases and circulating tumor cells: present status and future potential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Ghossein
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosai
mesh_terms: D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*