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Clinical relevance of circulating CK-19mRNA-positive tumour cells before front-line treatment in patients with metastatic breast cancer

BACKGROUND: To investigate the clinical relevance of CK-19mRNA-positive circulating tumour cells (CTCs) detected before the initiation of front-line treatment in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). METHODS: The presence of CTCs was detected in 298 patients with MBC using a real-time PCR (R...

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Autores principales: Androulakis, N, Agelaki, S, Perraki, M, Apostolaki, S, Bozionelou, V, Pallis, A, Kalbakis, K, Xyrafas, A, Mavroudis, D, Georgoulias, V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3388568/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22669159
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.202