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Detection and molecular characterisation of disseminated tumour cells: implications for anti-cancer therapy.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 25 Sept 2005
Pantel Klaus, Woelfle Ute
Abstract excerpt
Haematogenous distant metastasis is the leading cause of cancer-related death in solid tumours. By applying sensitive immunocytochemical and molecular assays, disseminated tumour cells (DTC) in bone marrow (BM) can be detected in 20-40% of cancer patients without any clinical or even histopathological signs of metastasis, and the presence of these DTC at primary diagnosis predicts the subsequent occurrence of...
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