Clonality of circulating tumor cells in breast cancer brain metastasis patients.
Carlotta RiebensahmSimon A JoosseMalte MohmeAnnkathrin HanssenJakob MatschkeYvonne GoyIsabell WitzelKatrin LamszusJolanthe KropidlowskiCordula PetersenAnja Kolb-KokocinskiSascha SauerKerstin BorgmannMarkus GlatzelVolkmar MüllerManfred WestphalSabine RiethdorfKlaus PantelHarriet WikmanPublished in: Breast cancer research : BCR (2019)
The detection of CTCs, regardless of the enrichment method, is of prognostic relevance in BCBM patients and in combination with molecular analysis of CTCs can help defining patients with higher risk of early relapse and suitability for targeted treatment.