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Single Circulating Tumor Cell Profiling: A New Perspective for Targeted Therapy?

MC Cassatella1 Laboratory Medicine Division, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti 435, 20141Milan, Italy. [email protected]View further author information
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L Zorzino1 Laboratory Medicine Division, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti 435, 20141Milan, Italy. [email protected]View further author information
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MT Sandri1 Laboratory Medicine Division, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti 435, 20141Milan, Italy. [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 1253-1256 | Published online: 06 Nov 2012

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