Figure 1From: Perioperative cancer cell dissemination detected with a real-time RT-PCR assay for EpCAM is not associated with worse prognosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma Haematogenous cancer cell dissemination in patients undergoing pancreatic resection for PDAC. Quantification of EpCAM transcripts in blood using real-time RT-PCR. The postoperative amounts are only significantly higher for PoB versus PB (p < 0.0001). PB: preoperative, PoB: postoperative; D1B: day after surgery; D7B: 7th day following surgery, 6WB: 6 weeks after surgery.Back to article page