Breast cancer-specific mRNA transcripts presence in peripheral blood after adjuvant chemotherapy predicts poor survival among high-risk breast cancer patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy with peripheral blood stem cell support.

Purpose: To study the prognostic significance of the presence of breast cancer-specific mRNA transcripts in peripheral blood (PB), defined by serial analysis of gene expression, in high-risk breast cancer (HRBC) patients undergoing high-dose chemotherapy after receiving adjuvant chemotherapy.Methods...

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Published in:Journal of Clinical Oncology Vol. 24; no. 22; pp. 3611 - 3619
Main Authors: Quintela-Fandino, Miguel, López, Joaquín Martínez, Hitt, Ricardo, Gamarra, Soledad, Jimeno, Antonio, Ayala, Rosa, Hornedo, Javier, Guzman, Cecilia, Gilsanz, Florinda, Cortés-Funes, Hernán
Format: research Journal Article
Published: American Society of Clinical Oncology 8/1/2006
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