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Genomic and expression profiling reveal molecular heterogeneity of disseminated tumor cells in bone marrow of early breast cancer
29 Aug 2018
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Abstract Detection of disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) in bone marrow is an established negative prognostic factor. We isolated small pools of (~20) EPCAM-positive DTCs from early breast cancer patients for genomic profiling. Genome-wide copy number profiles of DTC pools (n = 45) appeared less aberrant than the corresponding primary tumors (PT, n = 16). PIK3CA mutations were detected in 26% of DTC pools (n = 53),...
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