… 14, 15 Enrichment of the epithelial cell fraction with immunomagnetic selection improves
the … study quantified the number of intact CTCs in a cohort of patients with prostate cancer at …

… To quantify the exact number of urothelial cancer cells present in 7.5 mL of peripheral blood,
predetermined numbers of urothelial cancer cells (0, 50, 100, 250 and 500 cells) … tumor cells …

… We determined whether circulating tumor cells predict prostate specific antigen failure in
patients with metastatic prostate cancer before endocrine therapy and compared their …

… frequency of these cells in blood [9, 10]. The incorporation of immunomagnetic enrichment
of tumor cells into the … [16]thought that MACS/ICC was unable to quantify the tumor cell load. …

… patients using a new assay with immunomagnetic beads to detect circulating tumor cells.
The … stage 3 and 4 melanoma patients, multiple regression analysis showed that the Breslow …

… CONCLUSIONS: Immunomagnetic analysis permits CTCs to be enumerated in peripheral
blood … Preliminary study of immunomagnetic quantification of circulating tumor cells in patients …

… To detect and quantify cytokeratin positive tumor cells by immunocytology, 40 µl of FITC-labeled
CAM 5.2 antibody (Becton-Dickinson, Germany) were added and incubated for 10 min …

Screening for circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in blood has been an object of interest for
evidence of progressive disease, status of disease activity, recognition of clonal evolution of …

… In conclusion, the possibility of amplifying CEA and β2M mRNA by combing immunomagnetic
isolation and RT-PCR analysis provides a useful tool for measuring pathological gene …

… of antibodies for immunomagnetic tumor cell enrichment and multiplex RT-PCR analysis is
a suitable tool for the detection of disseminated tumor cells in carcinoma patients. Moreover, …