Apoptotic Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in early and metastatic breast cancer patients
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Apoptotic Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in early and metastatic breast cancer patients Galatea Kallergi, Georgios Konstantinidis, Harris Markomanolaki, Maria A. Papadaki, Dimitris Mavroudis , Christos Stournaras, Vassilis Georgoulias, Sofia Agelaki Laboratories of Tumor Biology (1) and Biochemistry (2), University of Crete School of Medicine and Department of Medical Oncology, University General Hospital of Heraklion (3) GR-71110 Heraklion Greece.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013