Circulating tumor cell clusters-associated gene plakoglobin is a significant prognostic predictor in patients with breast cancer

Circulating tumor cell clusters-associated gene plakoglobin is a significant prognostic predictor in patients with breast cancer

Abstract Background Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are linked to metastatic relapse and are regarded as a prognostic marker for human cancer. High expression of plakoglobin, a cell adhesion protein, within the primary tumor is positively associated with CTC clusters in breast cancer. In this study,...

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Main Authors: Wataru Goto, Shinichiro Kashiwagi, Yuka Asano, Koji Takada, Katsuyuki Takahashi, Takaharu Hatano, Tsutomu Takashima, Shuhei Tomita, Hisashi Motomura, Masahiko Ohsawa, Kosei Hirakawa, Masaichi Ohira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Biomarker Research
Subjects:
Plakoglobin
Circulating tumor cells
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Breast cancer
Predictive marker
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40364-017-0099-2

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