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Usefulness of Circulating Tumor Cells after Preliminary Chemotherapy for Prediction of Response to Further Anticancer Therapy in Patients with Initially Unresectable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

KAI NEKI, HIDEJIRO KAWAHARA, KAZUHIRO WATANABE, YOICHI TOYAMA, TADASHI AKIBA and KATSUHIKO YANAGA
Anticancer Research April 2013, 33 (4) 1769-1772;

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    Comparison of survival between patients with and without circulating tumor cells (CTCs) after preliminary chemotherapy. The survival of the patients without detectable CTCs after chemotherapy was significantly better than that of those with CTCs even after chemotherapy (p<0.01).

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Usefulness of Circulating Tumor Cells after Preliminary Chemotherapy for Prediction of Response to Further Anticancer Therapy in Patients with Initially Unresectable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
KAI NEKI, HIDEJIRO KAWAHARA, KAZUHIRO WATANABE, YOICHI TOYAMA, TADASHI AKIBA, KATSUHIKO YANAGA
Anticancer Research Apr 2013, 33 (4) 1769-1772;
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