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Circulating tumor cells: exploring intratumor heterogeneity of colorectal cancer.
Cancer biology & therapy - 1 May 2014
Raimondi Cristina, Nicolazzo Chiara, Gradilone Angela, Giannini Giuseppe, De Falco Elena, Chimenti Isotta, Varriale Elisa, Hauch Siegfried, Plappert Linda, Cortesi Enrico, Gazzaniga Paola
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The hypothesis of the "liquid biopsy" using circulating tumor cells (CTCs) emerged as a minimally invasive alternative to traditional tissue biopsy to determine cancer therapy. Discordance for biomarkers expression between primary tumor tissue and circulating tumor cells (CTCs) has been widely re...
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