Determination of HER2 status using both serum HER2 levels and circulating tumor cells in patients with recurrent breast cancer whose primary tumor was HER2 negative or of unknown HER2 status.

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Published in Breast Cancer Res on January 01, 2007

Authors

Tanja Fehm1, Sven Becker, Silke Duerr-Stoerzer, Karl Sotlar, Volkmar Mueller, Diethelm Wallwiener, Nancy Lane, Erich Solomayer, Jonathan Uhr

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tuebingen, Calwerstrasse, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany. Tanja.fehm@t-online.de

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