Dissecting the heterogeneity of circulating tumor cells in metastatic breast cancer: Going far beyond the needle in the Haystack

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Bulfoni, Michela ^a   Turetta, Matteo ^a   Del Ben, Fabio ^b   Di Loreto, Carla ^a,c   Beltrami, Antonio Paolo ^a   Cesselli, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circulating tumor cells; Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Metabolism; Metastatic breast cancer; Spatial and temporal heterogeneity; Stemness

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; TRASTUZUMAB; TUMOR MARKER;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERFORMANCE; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84992751257     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms17101775     Document Type: Review

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