A multimarker QPCR-based platform for the detection of circulating tumour cells in patients with early-stage breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1913-1919

  Molloy, T J ^a   Devriese, L A ^a   Helgason, H H ^a   Bosma, A J ^a   Hauptmann, M ^a   Voest, E E ^b   Schellens, J H M ^a,c   Van'T Veer, L J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

circulating tumour cell; CTC; early stage breast cancer; enrichment; prognosis; quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RELAPSE; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79958142501     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.164     Document Type: Article

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