Detection of occult HER2 mRNA-positive tumor cells in the peripheral blood of patients with operable breast cancer

Evaluation of their prognostic relevance

  • Apostolaki, Stella
  • Perraki, Maria
  • Kallergi, Galatea
  • Kafousi, Maria
  • Papadopoulos, Savvas
  • Kotsakis, Athanasios
  • Pallis, Athanasios
  • Xenidis, Nikolaos
  • Kalmanti, Lyda
  • Kalbakis, Kostas
  • Agelaki, Sofia
  • Kalykaki, Antonia
  • Stournaras, Christos
  • Stathopoulos, Efstathios
  • Georgoulias, Vassilis
  • Mavroudis, Dimitris

  • 1Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    2Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    3Department of Pathology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    4Department of Pathology, “Ygeia” Hospital, Athens, Greece

    5Department of Medical Oncology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, P.O. Box 1352, 71110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

e-mail: [email protected]

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