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To elucidate the cellular dynamics and replenishment mechanisms of circulating tumor cells during prolonged breast cancer dormancy.

December 15, 2004Clinical Cancer ResearchOpen Access

Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with Breast Cancer Dormancy

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SMSongdong MengChinese Academy of Sciences DTDebasish TripathyThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center EFEugene P. FrenkelUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore

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Observational analysis reveals a dynamic equilibrium between tumor cell replication and death in dormant breast cancer, indicating continuous cellular replenishment.

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To elucidate the cellular dynamics and replenishment mechanisms of circulating tumor cells during prolonged breast cancer dormancy.
Evaluated circulating tumor cell clearance kinetics and replenishing tumor sources in dormancy candidates.
Monitored patients with clinical tumor dormancy across extended intervals lasting up to 22 years.
Dying circulating tumor cells are rapidly replenished every few hours by replicating tumor cells located in tissue reservoirs.
A balanced equilibrium between tissue-level tumor replication and continuous cell death sustains clinical dormancy for as long as 22 years.

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Meng et al. (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d99ab90d540cafc58364ba https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-04-1110

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Observational analysis reveals a dynamic equilibrium between tumor cell replication and death in dormant breast cancer, indicating continuous cellular replenishment.

Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with Breast Cancer Dormancy

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Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with Breast Cancer Dormancy

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