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Can detection of circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood provide prognostic data in breast cancer?

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boxed-textXenidis N et al. (2006) Predictive and prognostic value of peripheral blood cytokeratin-19 mRNA-positive cells detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction in node-negative breast cancer patients. J Clin Oncol 24: 3756–3762

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