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Circulating tumor cells with a putative stem cell phenotype in peripheral blood of patients with breast cancer.
Cancer letters - 1 Feb 2010
Theodoropoulos Panayiotis A, Polioudaki Hara, Agelaki Sofia, Kallergi Galatea, Saridaki Zacharenia, Mavroudis Dimitris, Georgoulias Vassilis
Abstract excerpt
The CD44(+)/CD24(-/low) and ALDH1(+) cell phenotypes are associated with stemness and enhanced tumorigenic potential in breast cancer. We assessed the expression of CD44, CD24 and ALDH1 on tumor cells circulating in the peripheral blood (CTCs) of patients with metastatic breast cancer using tripl...
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