%0 Journal Article
%T Bone Marrow Micrometastases in Breast Cancer Patients: A Long-Term Follow-up Study
%A Annamaria Molino
%A Monica Giovannini
%A Rocco Micciolo
%A Alessandra Auriemma
%J Clinical Medicine : Oncology
%D 2008
%I 
%X In 125 early breast cancer patients who underwent multiple bone marrow aspirates, there was no significant difference in terms of disease-free and overall survival after a median follow-up of 163 months between the patients with or without micrometastasis at the time of primary surgery. However, when the time-dependent evolution of the bone marrow aspirates was taken into account, some evidence for a longer disease-free and overall survival was found for the patients with negative bone marrow.
%K bone marrow
%K breast cancer
%K long-term follow-up
%K micrometastases
%U http://la-press.com/article.php?article_id=998