Disseminated tumor cells in the bone mar
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Nicole Sänger; Katharina E. Effenberger; Sabine Riethdorf; Viviane Van Haasteren
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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## Abstract Detection of disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) in bone marrow is an independent prognostic factor in primary breast cancer. Here, we conducted a proof‐of‐principle study to evaluate whether this tumor cell spread occurs already in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). After preop