Induction of tumour cell shedding into effluent venous blood breast cancer surgery

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-82

  Choy, A ^a   McCulloch, P ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulating cell; Metastasis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0030049248     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.14     Document Type: Article

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