Assessment of the effect of surgery on the kinetics of circulating tumour cells in patients with operable breast cancer based on cytokeratin-19 mRNA detection
β Scribed by M. Daskalakis; D. Mavroudis; E. Sanidas; S. Apostolaki; I. Askoxylakis; E. de Bree; V. Georgoulias; J. Melissas
- Book ID
- 116444147
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 161 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0748-7983
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