Circulating tumor cells in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck carcinoma: prognostic and predictive significance.

Circulating tumor cells in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck carcinoma: prognostic and predictive significance.

INTRODUCTION: We investigated the frequency of detection and the prognostic and predictive significance of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in patients with recurrent/metastatic (R/M) head and neck carcinoma (HNC) before starting systemic therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Using the CellSearch technology,...

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Main Authors: Salvatore Grisanti, Camillo Almici, Francesca Consoli, Michela Buglione, Rosanna Verardi, Andrea Bolzoni-Villaret, Andrea Bianchetti, Chiara Ciccarese, Monica Mangoni, Laura Ferrari, Gianpaolo Biti, Mirella Marini, Vittorio D Ferrari, Piero Nicolai, Stefano M Magrini, Alfredo Berruti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4126745?pdf=render

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