Circulating tumor cells: a window into tumor development and therapeutic effectiveness

G Cáceres, JA Puskas, AM Magliocco - Cancer Control, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are an important diagnostic tool for
understanding the metastatic process and the development of cancer. Methods This review …

Circulating tumor cells in precision medicine: challenges and opportunities

B Rupp, H Ball, F Wuchu, D Nagrath… - Trends in pharmacological …, 2022 - cell.com
The mutational and phenotypic landscape of tumors is dynamic, requiring constant
monitoring of cancer patients to provide the most up-to-date and effective care. Circulating …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating tumor cells: technologies and their clinical potential in cancer metastasis

J Xiao, PR Pohlmann, C Isaacs, BA Weinberg, AR He… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are single cells or clusters of cells within the circulatory
system of a cancer patient. While most CTCs will perish, a small proportion will proceed to …

Real-Time Monitoring of Rare Circulating Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells in an Orthotopic Model by In Vivo Flow Cytometry Assesses Resection on Metastasis

ZC Fan, J Yan, GD Liu, XY Tan, XF Weng, WZ Wu… - Cancer research, 2012 - AACR
The fate of circulating tumor cells (CTC) is an important determinant of metastasis and
recurrence, which leads to most deaths in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Therefore …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating Tumor Cells: How Far Have We Come with Mining These Seeds of Metastasis?

V Radhakrishnan, JT Kaifi, KN Suvilesh - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Circulating tumor cells are cancer cells that detach from the primary tumor
and enter the bloodstream. These cancer cells in the blood stream eventually result in …

Practical utility of circulating tumour cells as biomarkers in cancer chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer

K Otsuka, H Imai, H Soeda, K Komine… - Anticancer …, 2013 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Molecular-targeted therapies require the assessment of targets and their related molecules.
Circulating tumour cells (CTCs) are considered a very good source of samples for these …

Clinical applications of circulating tumor cells in pharmacotherapy: challenges and perspectives

T Wu, B Cheng, L Fu - Molecular pharmacology, 2017 - ASPET
Screening for circulating tumor cells (CTCs) has been identified as one approach to
ultrasensitive liquid biopsy in real-time monitoring of cancer patients. The detection of CTCs …

Circulating tumor cells: From the laboratory to the cancer clinic

N Sawabata - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cells that are separated from the primary tumor, move
through the bloodstream, and spread from the original tumor to other sites, causing cancer …

Circulating tumor cells as “liquid biopsies” to understand cancer metastasis

D Woo, M Yu - Translational research, 2018 - Elsevier
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are a subset of cancer cells that are shed from the primary or
metastatic tumors into the bloodstream. CTCs are responsible for the establishment of blood …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating tumor cells as predictive and prognostic biomarkers in solid tumors

M Capuozzo, F Ferrara, M Santorsola, A Zovi… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have emerged as pivotal biomarkers with significant
predictive and prognostic implications in solid tumors. Their presence in peripheral blood …