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Surgery does not affect the number of circulating tumour cells in the bone marrow of patients with breast carcinoma

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Surgery does not alter the incidence of cytokeratin positive epithelial cells in the peripheral blood or bone marrow of patients undergoing resection of primary breast tumours.

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  1. Department of Academic Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Ireland

    N. J. Aherne, K. C. Redmond, J. H. Wang, E. T. Condon & H. P. Redmond

  2. South Infirmary Victoria Hospital, Cork, Ireland

    J. Kelly & D. Richardson

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Aherne, N.J., Redmond, K.C., Wang, J.H. et al. Surgery does not affect the number of circulating tumour cells in the bone marrow of patients with breast carcinoma. Ir J Med Sci 171 (Suppl 1), 19 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03170362

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