Clonality of circulating tumor cells in breast cancer brain metastasis patients

Abstract Background The incidence of brain metastases in breast cancer (BCBM) patients is increasing. These patients have a very poor prognosis, and therefore, identification of blood-based biomarkers, such as circulating tumor cells (CTCs), and understanding the genomic heterogeneity could help to...

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Main Authors: Carlotta Riebensahm, Simon A. Joosse, Malte Mohme, Annkathrin Hanssen, Jakob Matschke, Yvonne Goy, Isabell Witzel, Katrin Lamszus, Jolanthe Kropidlowski, Cordula Petersen, Anja Kolb-Kokocinski, Sascha Sauer, Kerstin Borgmann, Markus Glatzel, Volkmar Müller, Manfred Westphal, Sabine Riethdorf, Klaus Pantel, Harriet Wikman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13058-019-1184-2