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Cytokeratin 20 is not a tissue-specific marker for the detection of malignant epithelial cells in the blood of colorectal cancer patients.

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2000

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Stephen A. Bustin, V G Gyselman, Shahab Siddiqi, Sina Dorudi
PubMed

Abstract

The lack of colon tissue-specificity renders ck20 useless as a marker for the post-operative surveillance of colorectal cancer patients.