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SUBMITTER: Bidard FC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3655223 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bidard François-Clément FC Fehm Tanja T Ignatiadis Michail M Smerage Jeffrey B JB Alix-Panabières Catherine C Janni Wolfgang W Messina Carlo C Paoletti Costanza C Müller Volkmar V Hayes Daniel F DF Piccart Martine M Pierga Jean-Yves JY
Cancer metastasis reviews 20130601 1-2
In 2004, circulating tumor cells (CTC) enumeration by the CellSearch® technique at baseline and during treatment was reported to be associated with prognosis in metastatic breast cancer patients. In 2008, the first evidence of the impact of CTC detection by this technique on survival of cM0(i+) patients were reported. These findings were confirmed by other non-interventional studies, whereas CTC were also investigated as a surrogate for tumor biology, mainly for HER2 expression/amplification. Th ...[more]