Circulating Tumor Cell Clusters in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer: a SWOG S0500 Translational Medicine Study.

Costanza PaolettiJieling MiaoEmily M DolceElizabeth P DargaMadeline I RepolletGerald V DoyleJulie R GralowGabriel N HortobagyiJeffrey B SmerageWilliam E BarlowDaniel F Hayes

Published in: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (2019)

In patients with metastatic breast cancer starting first-line chemotherapy, mortality is independent of the presence of CTC clusters, but rather depends on the number of CTC/7.5 mL WB.

Keyphrases

metastatic breast cancer
circulating tumor
circulating tumor cells
cell free
single cell
cardiovascular events
cell therapy
stem cells
locally advanced
mesenchymal stem cells