Variation of circulating tumor cell levels during treatment of metastatic breast cancer: Prognostic and therapeutic implications

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 891-897

  Nolé, Franco ^a   Munzone, E ^a   Zorzino, L ^a   Minchella, I ^a   Salvatici, M ^a   Botteri, E ^a   Medici, M ^a   Verri, E ^a   Adamoli, L ^a   Rotmensz, N ^a   Goldhirsch, A ^a   Sandri, M T ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced breast cancer; Breast cancer; Circulating tumor cells; Novel assay technology; Prognostic value; Tumor markers

Indexed keywords

TRASTUZUMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

EID: 43049110616     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdm558     Document Type: Article

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