The measurement and therapeutic implications of circulating tumour cells in breast cancer.

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Published in Br J Cancer on January 16, 2006

Authors

J B Smerage1, D F Hayes

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Breast Oncology Program, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. smerage@umich.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Cultured Circulating Tumor Cells in Prostate and Other Cancers | NCT02123862

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