Circulating tumor cells as promising novel biomarkers in solid cancers

ES Lianidou, A Strati, A Markou - Critical reviews in clinical …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The presence of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in peripheral blood can serve as a “liquid
biopsy” approach and has thus emerged lately as one of the hottest fields in cancer …

Circulating tumor cells: advances in detection methods, biological issues, and clinical relevance

YF Sun, XR Yang, J Zhou, SJ Qiu, J Fan… - Journal of cancer research …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have long been considered a reflection
of tumor aggressiveness. Hematogenous spreading of CTCs from a primary tumor is a …

The role of CTCs as tumor biomarkers

ES Lianidou, A Markou, A Strati - … : From biochemistry to clinic for a critical …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in peripheral blood can serve as a
“liquid biopsy” approach and as a source of valuable tumor markers. CTCs are rare, and …

Circulating tumor cells: evolving evidence and future challenges

E Dotan, SJ Cohen, KR Alpaugh, NJ Meropol - The oncologist, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are rare malignant cells found in the peripheral blood that
originate from the primary tumor or metastatic sites. New techniques have been developed …

Isolation of rare circulating tumor cells in cancer patients: technical aspects and clinical implications

M Danova, M Torchio, G Mazzini - Expert review of molecular …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) may be detected in the blood of patients with epithelial tumors
using different analytical approaches. The relative number of CTCs is low and they include a …

Circulating tumor cell detection technologies and clinical utility: Challenges and opportunities

Z Habli, W AlChamaa, R Saab, H Kadara, ML Khraiche - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The potential clinical utility of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the diagnosis and
management of cancer has drawn a lot of attention in the past 10 years. CTCs disseminate …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies for enrichment of circulating tumor cells

X Li, Y Li, W Shao, Z Li, R Zhao, Z Ye - Translational Cancer …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cells derived from the primary sites of tumor patients into
peripheral blood and serve as seeds that initiate tumor metastasis to distant sites. As a …

Circulating tumor cells

DF Hayes, JB Smerage - Progress in molecular biology and translational …, 2010 - Elsevier
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can be separated and characterized from normal
hematopoietic cellular constituents by a variety of methods. Different strategies have …

Circulating tumor cells as cancer biomarkers in the clinic

LTD Chinen, EA Abdallah, AC Braun… - Isolation and Molecular …, 2017 - Springer
It is believed that the development of metastatic cancer requires the presence of circulating
tumor cells (CTCs), which are found in a patient's circulation as rare abnormal cells …

Circulating tumor cells: advances in isolation and analysis, and challenges for clinical applications

R Harouaka, Z Kang, SY Zheng, L Cao - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2014 - Elsevier
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are rare cancer cells released from tumors into the
bloodstream that are thought to have a key role in cancer metastasis. The presence of CTCs …