Diagnostic accuracy and prediction increment of markers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition to assess cancer cell detachment from primary tumors

Abstract Background Metastases play a role in about 90% of cancer deaths. Markers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) measured in primary tumor cancer cells might provide diagnostic information about the likelihood that cancer cells have detached from the primary tumor. Used together with est...

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Main Authors: Evan L. Busch, Prabhani Kuruppumullage Don, Haitao Chu, David B. Richardson, Temitope O. Keku, David A. Eberhard, Christy L. Avery, Robert S. Sandler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3964-3