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

Breast Cancer Res. 2009;11 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):S10. doi: 10.1186/bcr2429. Epub 2009 Dec 18.

Authors

Sabine Riethdorf¹, Klaus Pantel

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Tumor Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.

PMID: 20030861
PMCID: PMC2797690
DOI: 10.1186/bcr2429

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MeSH terms

Biomedical Research / methods*
Biomedical Research / trends
Bone Marrow Cells / pathology*
Breast Neoplasms / blood
Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm, Residual / blood
Neoplasm, Residual / diagnosis
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating*