Less micrometastatic risk related to circulating tumor cells after endoscopic breast cancer surgery compared to open surgery

Less micrometastatic risk related to circulating tumor cells after endoscopic breast cancer surgery compared to open surgery

Abstract Background Increase of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) has been found after surgery for various carcinomas but not confirmed for breast cancer, and whether endoscopic surgery confers identical effect to CTCs as open surgery did is not clear. The present study aimed to investigate whether CTC...

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Main Authors: Shichao Li, Wenting Yan, Xinhua Yang, Li Chen, Linjun Fan, Haoxi Liu, Kun Liu, Yi Zhang, Jun Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Breast neoplasms
Neoplastic cells
Circulating tumor cells
Micrometastases
Endoscopic breast surgery
Open surgery
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-6158-3

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