[HTML][HTML] Circulating tumor cells: biology and clinical significance

D Lin, L Shen, M Luo, K Zhang, J Li, Q Yang… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are tumor cells that have sloughed off the primary tumor and
extravasate into and circulate in the blood. Understanding of the metastatic cascade of CTCs …

Detection of circulating tumor cells and their implications as a biomarker for diagnosis, prognostication, and therapeutic monitoring in hepatocellular carcinoma

JC Ahn, PC Teng, PJ Chen, E Posadas, HR Tseng… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is among the leading causes of worldwide cancer‐related
morbidity and mortality. Poor prognosis of HCC is attributed primarily to tumor presentation …

[HTML][HTML] A review of circulating tumour cell enrichment technologies

AJ Rushton, G Nteliopoulos, JA Shaw, RC Coombes - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Circulating tumour cells (CTCs) are cancer cells shed into the bloodstream
from tumours and their analysis can provide important insights into cancer detection and …

Liquid biopsy in glioblastoma management: from current research to future perspectives

L Gatto, E Franceschi, V Di Nunno, A Tosoni… - The …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary tumor of the central nervous system.
Arising from neuroepithelial glial cells, GBM is characterized by invasive behavior, extensive …

Circulating tumor cell profiling for precision oncology

M Labib, SO Kelley - Molecular oncology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) collected from patient's blood offers a broad range
of opportunities in the field of precision oncology. With new advances in profiling technology …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctional microfluidic chip for cancer diagnosis and treatment

Q Guo, L Zhang, J Liu, Z Li, J Li, W Zhou… - …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Microfluidic chip is not a chip in the traditional sense. It is technologies that control fluids at
the micro level. As a burgeoning biochip, microfluidic chips integrate multiple disciplines …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid biopsy in pancreatic cancer: Are we ready to apply it in the clinical practice?

V Heredia-Soto, N Rodríguez-Salas, J Feliu - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the tumors with the
highest mortality, for which survival has hardly changed in the last 40 years. This high …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating tumor cells from enumeration to analysis: Current challenges and future opportunities

YP Yang, TM Giret, RJ Cote - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary With estimated numbers of 1–10 per mL of blood, circulating tumor cells
(CTCs) are extremely rare compared to white (a few million) or red (billions) blood cells …

Single‐domain multiferroic array‐addressable terfenol‐d (smart) micromagnets for programmable single‐cell capture and release

R Khojah, Z Xiao, MK Panduranga… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Programming magnetic fields with microscale control can enable automation at the scale of
single cells≈ 10 µm. Most magnetic materials provide a consistent magnetic field over time …