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Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research 1/2011

01.02.2011 | Letter

Circulating microRNAs: promising breast cancer Biomarkers

verfasst von: Helen M Heneghan, Nicola Miller, Michael J Kerin

Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research | Ausgabe 1/2011

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We read with interest the recent article by Roth and colleagues [1] reporting the findings of altered tumorspecific microRNAs (miRNAs) in sera of breast cancer patients. This report further substantiates emerging data suggesting that blood-based miRNAs have immense potential as novel non-invasive cancer biomarkers. However, we have several concerns regarding the authors' study. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Circulating microRNAs: promising breast cancer Biomarkers
verfasst von
Helen M Heneghan
Nicola Miller
Michael J Kerin
Publikationsdatum
01.02.2011
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Breast Cancer Research / Ausgabe 1/2011
Elektronische ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr2798

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