Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Carcinoma: Prognostic and Predictive Significance

Salvatore Grisanti; Camillo Almici; Francesca Consoli; Michela Buglione; Rosanna Verardi; Andrea Bolzoni-Villaret; Andrea Bianchetti; Chiara Ciccarese; Monica Mangoni; Laura Ferrari; Gianpaolo Biti; Mirella Marini; Vittorio D. Ferrari; Piero Nicolai; Stefano M. Magrini; Alfredo Berruti

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103918

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Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Carcinoma: Prognostic and Predictive Significance

Salvatore Grisanti ,

* E-mail: salvatore.grisanti@tin.it

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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Camillo Almici,

Affiliation Department of Transfusion Medicine, Laboratory for Stem Cell Manipulation and Cryopreservation, Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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Francesca Consoli,

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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Michela Buglione,

Affiliation Radiation Oncology Unit, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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Rosanna Verardi,

Affiliation Department of Transfusion Medicine, Laboratory for Stem Cell Manipulation and Cryopreservation, Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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Andrea Bolzoni-Villaret,

Affiliation Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Unit, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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Andrea Bianchetti,

Affiliation Department of Transfusion Medicine, Laboratory for Stem Cell Manipulation and Cryopreservation, Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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Chiara Ciccarese,

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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Monica Mangoni,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Laura Ferrari,

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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Gianpaolo Biti,

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Mirella Marini,

Affiliation Department of Transfusion Medicine, Laboratory for Stem Cell Manipulation and Cryopreservation, Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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Vittorio D. Ferrari,

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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Piero Nicolai,

Affiliation Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Unit, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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Stefano M. Magrini,

Affiliation Radiation Oncology Unit, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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Alfredo Berruti

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Carcinoma: Prognostic and Predictive Significance

Salvatore Grisanti,
Camillo Almici,
Francesca Consoli,
Michela Buglione,
Rosanna Verardi,
Andrea Bolzoni-Villaret,
Andrea Bianchetti,
Chiara Ciccarese,
Monica Mangoni,
Laura Ferrari

Published: August 8, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103918

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