A preliminary study on the detection of lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer using a quantitative RT-PCR assay.
Shinichi TogamiMika FukudaShintaro YanazumeMasaki KamioHiroaki KobayashiPublished in: Japanese journal of clinical oncology (2022)
After setting the cutoff value at 1169 copies/μl, a quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay using cytokeratin 19 mRNA showed high accuracy in detecting lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer. We believe that the quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay using cytokeratin 19 mRNA may be acceptable for lymph node metastasis detection in patients with cervical cancer.