The fate and prognostic value of occult metastatic cells in the bone marrow of patients with breast carcinoma between primary treatment and recurrence
โ Scribed by Wolfgang Janni; Florian Hepp; Dorothea Rjosk; Christina Kentenich; Barbara Strobl; Christian Schindlbeck; Peer Hantschmann; Harald Sommer; Klaus Pantel; Stephan Braun
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Volume
- 92
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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