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Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research 3/2009

01.12.2009 | Short communication

Clinical relevance and current challenges of research on disseminating tumor cells in cancer patients

verfasst von: Sabine Riethdorf, Klaus Pantel

Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research | Sonderheft 3/2009

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Despite complete resection of their primary tumors, breast cancer patients still harbor a considerable risk of metastatic relapse caused by minimal residual disease (MRD). To identify single disseminated tumor cells (DTC) in the bone marrow (BM) and circulating tumor cells (CTC) in the peripheral blood undetectable even by high-resolution imaging technologies, sensitive and specific assays have been developed [1, 2]. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Clinical relevance and current challenges of research on disseminating tumor cells in cancer patients
verfasst von
Sabine Riethdorf
Klaus Pantel
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2009
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Breast Cancer Research / Ausgabe Sonderheft 3/2009
Elektronische ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr2429

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