Tumor Cells Circulate in the Peripheral Blood of All Major Carcinomas but not in Healthy Subjects or Patients With Nonmalignant Diseases

Allard et al. (Fri,) studied this question.

www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69d69ac1bd542bb5f5029c77 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-04-0378

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