Prognostic value of hematogenous dissemination and biological profile of the tumor in early breast cancer patients: A prospective observational study

Background The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and prognostic value of disseminated tumor cells in bone marrow of breast carcinoma patients with early disease, and to analyze this finding in relation to lymph node involvement, determined by sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy analysis, and to prognostic factors of interest.