Progress in Using Circulating Tumor Cell Information to Improve Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) were discovered nearly 150 years ago but have only recently been recognized as a feature of most solid tumors due to their extremely low concentration in the peripheral circulation. Several technologies have been developed to isolate and analyze CTCs, which can now be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jose Alemar, Eric R. Schuur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/702732