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Circulating tumor cells in young and elderly patients with colorectal cancer: “lupus et agnus”

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  1. Dipartimento Medicina Molecolare, Sapienza Università di Roma, Viale Regina Elena 324, 001561, Roma, Italy

    Paola Gazzaniga, Angela Gradilone, Cristina Raimondi & Luigi Frati

  2. Centro Studi PAC, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Roma, Italy

    Walter Gianni

  3. Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Division of Oncology, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy

    Enrico Cortesi

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Gazzaniga, P., Gianni, W., Gradilone, A. et al. Circulating tumor cells in young and elderly patients with colorectal cancer: “lupus et agnus”. Aging Clin Exp Res 24, 722–723 (2012). https://doi.org/10.3275/8519

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