Enumeration and characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTC) hold the promise of a real
time liquid biopsy. They are however present in a large background of hematopoietic cells …

Abstract The CellSearch® system (CS) enables standardized enrichment and enumeration
of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) that are repeatedly assessable via non-invasive “liquid …

During cancer progression, many tumours shed circulating tumour cells (CTCs) and other
biomarkers into the bloodstream. The analysis of CTCs offers the prospect of collecting a …

Natural killer (NK) cell clearance of tumor cell emboli following surgery is thought to be vital
in preventing postoperative metastases. Using a mouse model of surgical stress, we …

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cells that have detached from the primary tumor and
entered circulation with potential to initiate a site of metastasis. Currently, CTC detection …

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Circulating tumour cells (CTC)
have prognostic relevance for patients with different metastatic carcinomas. Detection of …

The types of urothelial carcinoma (UC) include urothelial bladder cancer and upper tract
urothelial carcinoma. Current diagnostic techniques cannot meet the needs of patients …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the incidence and prognostic value of circulating tumor cells
(CTCs) in urothelial cancer (UC). The detection of CTCs is prognostic in several cancer …

Background The diagnostic value and prognostic significance of circulating tumor cell (CTC)
detection in patients with bladder cancer is controversial. We performed a meta-analysis to …

Objective: Approximately one third of patients diagnosed with muscle-invasive urinary
bladder cancer (UBC) have undetected metastases at the time of treatment of the primary …