Detection and HER2 expression of circulating tumor cells: prospective monitoring in breast cancer patients treated in the neoadjuvant GeparQuattro trial.

  • Sabine Riethdorf
  • Volkmar Müller
  • Liling Zhang
  • Thomas Rau
  • Sibylle Loibl
  • Martina Komor
  • Marc Roller
  • Jens Huober
  • Tanja Fehm
  • Iris Schrader
  • Jörn Hilfrich
  • Frank Holms
  • Hans Tesch
  • Holger Eidtmann
  • Michael Untch
  • Gunter von Minckwitz
  • Klaus Pantel

Abstract

This study was aimed at detecting and characterizing circulating tumor cells (CTC) before and after neoadjuvant therapy (NT) in the peripheral blood of patients with breast cancer.

Bibliographical data

Original languageGerman
Article number9
ISSN1078-0432
Publication statusPublished - 2010
pubmed 20406831