Clinical challenges in the molecular characterization of circulating tumour cells in breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2426-2432

  Lianidou, E S ^a   Mavroudis, D ^b   Georgoulias, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKERATIN 19; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL ISOLATION; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER; TUMOR GROWTH;

BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879693078     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.265     Document Type: Review

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