Did circulating tumor cells tell us all they could? The missed circulating tumor cell message in breast cancer

International Journal of Biological Markers

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages e429-e433

  Fina, Emanuela ^a   Reduzzi, Carolina ^a   Motta, Rosita ^a   Di Cosimo, Serena ^a   Bianchi, Giulia ^a   Martinetti, Antonia ^a   Wechsler, Janine ^b   Cappelletti, Vera ^a   Daidone, Maria G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b ScreenCell   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Circulating tumor cells (CTCs); Circulating tumor microemboli (CTM)

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MUCIN 1; PROTEIN KINASE B BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; BREAST TUMOR; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SIZE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84947920038     PISSN: 03936155     EISSN: 17246008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/jbm.5000166     Document Type: Article

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