Less micrometastatic risk related to circulating tumor cells after endoscopic breast cancer surgery compared to open surgery.

BMC Cancer · 2019 · PMC6842272 · PMID 31703643

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suggestive but not significantno p-value reported

In a previous meta-analysis of 194 breast cancer cases, our research group reported an suggestive but not significant increase of CTC-positive rate after surgery [ 5 ].

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