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Are circulating tumor cells predictive of overall survival?

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology volume 6, pages190–191(2009)Cite this article

Comparison of circulating tumor cell numbers before and after treatment is predictive for overall survival in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer; this comparison is more helpful than prostate-specific antigen detection, according to a recent study.

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    Klaus Pantel & Sabine Riethdorf

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Pantel, K., Riethdorf, S. Are circulating tumor cells predictive of overall survival?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 6, 190–191 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2009.23

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