Figure 3From: Persistence of disseminated tumor cells after neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced breast cancer predicts poor survivalSurvival analyses according to disseminated tumor cell (DTC) number present. Kaplan-Meier plots for disease-free survival (DFS), breast cancer specific survival (BCSS) and overall survival (OS) at the time of diagnosis/pretreatment according to number of DTCs detected pretreatment (bone marrow aspiration 1 (BM1) (A, C, E) and BM3 (B, D, F). In the Kaplan-Meier plot shown in Figure 3A, no patients had ≥ 10 DTCs.Back to article page