Flow Cytometric Detection of CK19-Positive Circulating Tumor Cells in Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood in Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Case Report
Maria Eduarda Cunha-Silva, Heloísa Zorzi Costa, Íris Mattos Santos-Pirath, Chandra Chiappin Cardoso, Daniella Serafin Couto Vieira & Maria Claudia Santos-Silva · International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports · 2026
Metastatic breast cancer represents the most advanced stage, where the accurate and rapid identification of neoplastic cells is essential for clinical management and prognostic assessment. Although immunohistochemistry is the gold standard, flow cytometry emerges as a robust and...