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

Bahriye Aktas, Mitra Tewes, Tanja Fehm, Siegfried Hauch, Rainer Kimmig and Sabine Kasimir-Bauer*

Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11:R46 doi:10.1186/bcr2333

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Clinical relevance and biology of circulating tumor cells

Natalia Bednarz-Knoll, Catherine Alix-Panabières, Klaus Pantel Breast Cancer Research 2011, 13:228 (1 November 2011)

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Minimal residual disease and circulating tumor cells in breast cancer

Michail Ignatiadis, Monica Reinholz Breast Cancer Research 2011, 13:222 (25 October 2011)

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Gene expression profile of circulating tumor cells in breast cancer by RT-qPCR

Areti Strati, Athina Markou, Cleo Parisi, Eleni Politaki, Dimitris Mavroudis, Vasilis Georgoulias, Evi Lianidou BMC Cancer 2011, 11:422 (4 October 2011)

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Analysis of EpCAM positive cells isolated from sentinel lymph nodes of breast cancer patients identifies subpopulations of cells with distinct transcription profiles

Siri Tveito, Kristin Andersen, Rolf Kåresen, Øystein Fodstad Breast Cancer Research 2011, 13:R75 (4 August 2011)

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Epithelial to mesenchymal transition markers expressed in circulating tumour cells of early and metastatic breast cancer patients

Galatea Kallergi, Maria A Papadaki, Eleni Politaki, Dimitris Mavroudis, Vassilis Georgoulias, Sophia Agelaki Breast Cancer Research 2011, 13:R59 (10 June 2011)

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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cells: a dangerously dynamic duo in breast cancer progression

Caitlin D May, Nathalie Sphyris, Kurt W Evans, Steven J Werden, Wenjun Guo, Sendurai A Mani Breast Cancer Research 2011, 13:202 (8 February 2011)

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Key signalling nodes in mammary gland development and cancer. The Snail1-Twist1 conspiracy in malignant breast cancer progression

Ellen Foubert, Bram De Craene, Geert Berx Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:206 (25 June 2010)

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Clinical relevance and current challenges of research on disseminating tumor cells in cancer patients

Sabine Riethdorf, Klaus Pantel Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11(Suppl 3):S10 (18 December 2009)

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Epithelial to mesenchymal transition and breast cancer

Eva Tomaskovic-Crook, Erik W Thompson, Jean Thiery Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11:213 (9 November 2009)