The Role and Clinical Relevance of Disseminated Tumor Cells in Breast Cancer
Tumor cell dissemination is a common phenomenon observed in most cancers of epithelial origin. One-third of breast cancer patients present with disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) in bone marrow at time of diagnosis; these patients, as well as patients with persistent DTCs, have significantly worse clin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Cancers |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/6/1/143 |