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[Development of minimal residual cancer cell research].
Nihon Geka Gakkai zasshi - 1 Mar 2012
Iinuma Hisae, Watanabe Toshiaki
Abstract excerpt
Micrometastases of cancer cells occur during the early stages of cancer or from minimal residual cancer cells with metastatic potential. Recent progress in measuring methods has enabled the detection of minimal residual cancer cells in areas such as circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in peripheral blood, disseminated tumor cells in bone marrow, and free tumor cells in lymph nodes and the peritoneal cavity. Recently,...
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