Circulating cancer cells in peripheral blood: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-241

  Rodríguez Salas, Nuria ^a   Jiménez Gordo, Ana M ^a   González, Enrique ^a   De Las Heras, Begoña ^a   Zamora, Pilar ^a   Espinosa, Enrique ^a   Fernández De Castro, Mercedes ^a   González Barón, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood; Breast neoplasms; Carcinocythemia; Neoplasm circulating cells

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOCYTHEMIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR;

EID: 0342804485     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326367     Document Type: Article

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