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Serum immuno-oncology markers carry independent prognostic information in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer, from a prospective observational study. Breast Cancer Res. 2023 Mar 21;25(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s13058-023-01631-6.'}, {'pmid': '32709042', 'type': 'DERIVED', 'citation': 'Narbe U, Bendahl PO, Aaltonen K, Ferno M, Forsare C, Jorgensen CLT, Larsson AM, Ryden L. The Distribution of Circulating Tumor Cells Is Different in Metastatic Lobular Compared to Ductal Carcinoma of the Breast-Long-Term Prognostic Significance. Cells. 2020 Jul 17;9(7):1718. doi: 10.3390/cells9071718.'}, {'pmid': '29884204', 'type': 'DERIVED', 'citation': 'Larsson AM, Jansson S, Bendahl PO, Levin Tykjaer Jorgensen C, Loman N, Graffman C, Lundgren L, Aaltonen K, Ryden L. Longitudinal enumeration and cluster evaluation of circulating tumor cells improve prognostication for patients with newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer in a prospective observational trial. Breast Cancer Res. 2018 Jun 8;20(1):48. doi: 10.1186/s13058-018-0976-0.'}, {'pmid': '27390845', 'type': 'DERIVED', 'citation': 'Jansson S, Bendahl PO, Larsson AM, Aaltonen KE, Ryden L. Prognostic impact of circulating tumor cell apoptosis and clusters in serial blood samples from patients with metastatic breast cancer in a prospective observational cohort. BMC Cancer. 2016 Jul 8;16:433. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2406-y.'}, {'pmid': '25896421', 'type': 'DERIVED', 'citation': 'Frithiof H, Welinder C, Larsson AM, Ryden L, Aaltonen K. A novel method for downstream characterization of breast cancer circulating tumor cells following CellSearch isolation. J Transl Med. 2015 Apr 21;13:126. doi: 10.1186/s12967-015-0493-1.'}], 'seeAlsoLinks': [{'url': 'https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25896421', 'label': 'A novel method for downstream characterization of breast cancer circulating tumor cells following CellSearch isolation. - PubMed - NCBI'}, {'url': 'https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27390845', 'label': 'Prognostic impact of circulating tumor cell apoptosis and clusters in serial blood samples from patients with metastatic breast cancer in a prospec... - PubMed - NCBI'}, {'url': 'https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27895501', 'label': 'A FISH-based method for assessment of HER-2 amplification status in breast cancer circulating tumor cells following CellSearch isolation. - PubMed - NCBI'}, {'url': 'https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32326116', 'label': 'Evolution of Estrogen Receptor Status from Primary Tumors to Metastasis and Serially Collected Circulating Tumor Cells.'}, {'url': 'https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov//pubmed/32161278', 'label': 'Serial evaluation of serum thymidine kinase activity is prognostic in women with newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer.'}, {'url': 'https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29884204', 'label': 'Longitudinal CTC and CTC-cluster evaluation improves prognostication and monitoring in metastatic breast cancer patients during 1st line systemic treatment.'}, {'url': 'https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed27390845', 'label': 'Prognostic impact of circulating tumor cell apoptosis and clusters in serial blood samples from patients with metastatic breast cancer in a prospective observational cohort.'}, {'url': 'https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28489591', 'label': 'Molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells from patients with metastatic breast cancer reflects evolutionary changes in gene expression under the pressure of systemic therapy.'}, {'url': 'https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27895501', 'label': 'A FISH-based method for assessment of HER-2 amplification status in breast cancer circulating tumor cells following CellSearch isolation.'}, {'url': 'https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25896421', 'label': 'A novel method for downstream characterization of breast cancer circulating tumor cells following CellSearch isolation.'}]}, 'descriptionModule': {'briefSummary': 'Women with metastatic breast cancer, receiving first line treatment of any kind (chemotherapy, endocrine treatment or treatment with antibodies) will be included in this trial. 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