Image analysis systems for the detection of disseminated breast cancer cells on bone‐marrow cytospins

Cytokeratin-Positive Cells in the Bone Marrow and Survival of Patients with Stage I, II, or III Breast Cancer

2000 • 927 citations

Detection and Clinical Importance of Micrometastatic Disease

1999 • 505 citations

Micrometastatic Breast Cancer Cells in Bone Marrow at Primary Surgery: Prognostic Value in Comparison With Nodal Status

1996 • 491 citations

Outcome of primary-breast-cancer patients with micrometastases: a long-term follow-up study

1999 • 308 citations

Detection of tumor cells in bone marrow of patients with primary breast cancer: a prognostic factor for distant metastasis.

1992 • 289 citations

Standardization of the immunocytochemical detection of cancer cells in BM and blood: I. establishment of objective criteria for the evaluation of immunostained cells

1999 • 272 citations

Meta-analyses of studies on bone marrow micrometastases: an independent prognostic impact remains to be substantiated.

1998 • 228 citations

Bone marrow micrometastases in primary breast cancer: Prognostic significance after 6 years' follow-up

1991 • 212 citations

Detection of Occult Bone Marrow Micrometastases in Patients with Operable Lung Carcinoma

1995 • 170 citations

Reliable and sensitive analysis of occult bone marrow metastases using automated cellular imaging.

2000 • 122 citations

Detection and analysis of cancer cells in blood and bone marrow using a rare event imaging system.

2000 • 76 citations

Minimal Residual Disease in Gastric Cancer: Evidence of an Independent Prognostic Relevance of Urokinase Receptor Expression by Disseminated Tumor Cells in the Bone Marrow

2002 • 74 citations

Microbial contamination of cellular products for hematolymphoid transplantation therapy: assessment of the problem and strategies to minimize the clinical impact

2003 • 52 citations

Time independence of the prognostic impact of tumor cell detection in the bone marrow of primary breast cancer patients.

2001 • 52 citations

Bone marrow and lymph node assessment for minimal residual disease in patients with breast cancer

2000 • 41 citations

Implications of occult metastatic cells for systemic cancer treatment in patients with breast or gastrointestinal cancer

2001 • 14 citations

Disseminated melanoma cells in blood and bone marrow. Significance and detection by potential tumor markers

2001 • 4 citations

Disseminierte Melanomzellen in Blut und Knochenmark

2001 • 2 citations