European Urology
Volume 61, Issue 4 , Pages 810-817 , April 2012

Prognostic Role and HER2 Expression of Circulating Tumor Cells in Peripheral Blood of Patients Prior to Radical Cystectomy: A Prospective Study

  • Michael Rink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • Department of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany. Tel. +49 40 74105 3442; Fax: +49 40 74104 2444.
    • Both authors contributed equally to the manuscript.
    • ,
  • Felix K. Chun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany. Tel. +49 40 74105 3442; Fax: +49 40 74104 2444.
    • Both authors contributed equally to the manuscript.
    • ,
  • Roland Dahlem

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Armin Soave

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Sarah Minner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Jens Hansen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Malgorzata Stoupiec

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tumor Biology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Cornelia Coith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tumor Biology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Luis A. Kluth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Sascha A. Ahyai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Martin G. Friedrich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, HELIOS Hospital Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany
    • ,
  • Shahrokh F. Shariat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
    • Division of Medical Oncology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Margit Fisch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Klaus Pantel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tumor Biology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Sabine Riethdorf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tumor Biology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

,Accepted 10 January 2012.

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PII: S0302-2838(12)00019-X

doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.01.017

European Urology
Volume 61, Issue 4 , Pages 810-817 , April 2012

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