(PR-inside.com) http://www.jwci.org - Results of a pioneering study led by researchers at the John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center show that sensitive molecular diagnostic techniques can effectively upstage early stage colorectal cancer patients believed to be cancer-free according to conventional methods. The findings could lead to more sensitive cancer detection, as well as more consistent ways of identifying patients who would benefit most from adjuvant therapy after surgery for colorectal cancer. The study, 'Prognostic Relevance of Occult Nodal Micrometastases and Circulating Tumor Cells in Colorectal Cancer in a Prospective Multicenter Trial,' was published in ..
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