Single circulating tumor cell profiling: A new perspective for targeted therapy?

Future Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1253-1256

  Cassatella, M C ^a   Zorzino, L ^a   Sandri, M T ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

breast cancer; circulating tumor cells; single cell profile; targeted therapy

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METASTASIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 84868560105     PISSN: 14796694     EISSN: 17448301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fon.12.119     Document Type: Note

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