Annals of Oncology Advance Access originally published online on June 21, 2005
Annals of Oncology 2005 16(11):1845; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdi354
© 2005 European Society for Medical Oncology
Letter to the Editor |
Limitations of molecular detection of CK19 mRNA-positive cells in the peripheral blood of breast cancer patients with histologically negative axillary lymph nodes
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We read with interest the recent article by Stathopoulos et al. [1
] in the February 2005 issue of Annals of Oncology in which they reported that CK19 mRNA-positive cells in the peripheral
Department of Medical Oncology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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