Circulating tumor cells in breast cancer: A tool whose time has come of age

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are isolated tumor cells disseminated from the site of disease in metastatic and/or primary cancers, including breast cancer, that can be identified and measured in the peripheral blood of patients. As recent technical advances have rendered it easier to reproducibly a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Swaby, Ramona F, Cristofanilli, Massimo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3107794/