Disseminated tumor cells and enhanced level of some cytokines in bone marrow and peripheral blood of breast cancer patients as predictive factors of tumor progression

• Published in: Experimental Oncology
• Date: 2013
• Main Authors: Semesiuk, N., Zhylchuk, A., Bezdenezhnykh, N., Lykhova, A., Vorontsova, A., Zhylchuk, V., Kudryavets, Y.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут експериментальної патології, онкології і радіобіології ім. Р.Є. Кавецького НАН України 2013
• Subjects: Special issue on breast cancer
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/145264
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Disseminated tumor cells and enhanced level of some cytokines in bone marrow and peripheral blood of breast cancer patients as predictive factors of tumor progression / N. Semesiuk, A. Zhylchuk, N. Bezdenezhnykh, A. Lykhova, A. Vorontsova, V. Zhylchuk, Yu. Kudryavets // Experimental Oncology. — 2013. — Т. 35, № 4. — С. 295-302. — Бібліогр.: 62 назв. — англ.

Background: In recent years, the presence of disseminated tumor cells (DTC) in bone marrow (BM) of patients with breast cancer (BC) is considered as an important clinical feature of the distribution process. However, relapse often occurs in spite of the negative results of the bone marrow cytology....