Cytokeratin-Positive Cells in the Bone Marrow and Survival of Patients with Stage I, II, or III Breast Cancer

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Authors

Stephan Braun · Klinikum Ingolstadt

Klaus Pantel · University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Peter E. Müller · Augsburg University

Wolfgang Janni · Klinikum Ingolstadt

F. Hepp · Klinikum Ingolstadt

Christina Kentenich · Klinikum Ingolstadt

Stephan Gastroph ·

Abstract

The presence of occult cytokeratin-positive metastatic cells in bone marrow increases the risk of relapse in patients with stage I, II, or III breast cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Cancer Cells and Metastasis Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 342, Issue 8, pp. 525-533

DOI: 10.1056/nejm200002243420801

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