Stem cell and epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers are frequently overexpressed in circulating tumor cells of metastatic breast cancer patients

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[2] Brakenhoff RH(2008)Systemic spread is an early step in breast cancer Cancer Cell 13 58-68

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[6] Schubert F(2004)Isolated tumor cells in bone marrow three years after diagnosis in disease-free breast cancer patients predict unfavorable clinical outcome Clin Cancer Res 10 5342-5348

[7] Musiani P(2006)Detection of cytokeratin-positive cells in the bone marrow of breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant therapy Breast Cancer Res Treat 97 91-96

[8] Meyer M(2006)Cancer stem cells and metastasis: lethal seeds Clin Cancer Res 12 5606-5607

[9] Burghart E(2008)Cancer stem cells in solid tumours: accumulating evidence and unresolved questions Nat Rev Cancer 8 755-768

[10] Forni G(2008)Cancer stem cells in breast: current opinion and future challenges Pathobiology 75 75-84

[1] Pantel K(2008)Detection, clinical relevance and specific biological properties of disseminating tumor cells Nat Rev Cancer 8 329-340

[2] Brakenhoff RH(2008)Systemic spread is an early step in breast cancer Cancer Cell 13 58-68

[3] Brandt B(2005)A pooled analysis of bone marrow micrometastasis in breast cancer N Engl J Med 353 793-802

[4] Husemann Y(2001)Survival of tumor cells in stem cell preparations and bone marrow of patients with high-risk or metastatic breast cancer after receiving dose-intensive or high-dose chemotherapy Clin Cancer Res 7 1582-1588

[5] Geigl JB(2000)Lack of effect of adjuvant chemotherapy on the elimination of single dormant tumor cells in bone marrow of high-risk breast cancer patients J Clin Oncol 18 80-86

[6] Schubert F(2004)Isolated tumor cells in bone marrow three years after diagnosis in disease-free breast cancer patients predict unfavorable clinical outcome Clin Cancer Res 10 5342-5348

[7] Musiani P(2006)Detection of cytokeratin-positive cells in the bone marrow of breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant therapy Breast Cancer Res Treat 97 91-96

[8] Meyer M(2006)Cancer stem cells and metastasis: lethal seeds Clin Cancer Res 12 5606-5607

[9] Burghart E(2008)Cancer stem cells in solid tumours: accumulating evidence and unresolved questions Nat Rev Cancer 8 755-768

[10] Forni G(2008)Cancer stem cells in breast: current opinion and future challenges Pathobiology 75 75-84