Light in and sound out: emerging translational strategies for photoacoustic imaging

S Zackrisson, S Van De Ven, SS Gambhir - Cancer research, 2014 - AACR
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) has the potential for real-time molecular imaging at high
resolution and deep inside the tissue, using nonionizing radiation and not necessarily …

Circulating and disseminated tumor cells: harbingers or initiators of metastasis?

A Dasgupta, AR Lim, CM Ghajar - Molecular oncology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor cells leave the primary tumor and enter the circulation. Once there, they are called
circulating tumor cells (CTC s). A fraction of CTC s are capable of entering distant sites and …

Slanted spiral microfluidics for the ultra-fast, label-free isolation of circulating tumor cells

ME Warkiani, G Guan, KB Luan, WC Lee, AAS Bhagat… - Lab on a Chip, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The enumeration and characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs), found in the
peripheral blood of cancer patients, provide a potentially accessible source for cancer …

Isolation of rare circulating tumour cells in cancer patients by microchip technology

S Nagrath, LV Sequist, S Maheswaran, DW Bell… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Viable tumour-derived epithelial cells (circulating tumour cells or CTCs) have been identified
in peripheral blood from cancer patients and are probably the origin of intractable metastatic …

Tumor cells disseminate early, but immunosurveillance limits metastatic outgrowth, in a mouse model of melanoma

J Eyles, AL Puaux, X Wang, B Toh… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Although metastasis is the leading cause of cancer-related death, it is not clear why some
patients with localized cancer develop metastatic disease after complete resection of their …

In vivo liquid biopsy using Cytophone platform for photoacoustic detection of circulating tumor cells in patients with melanoma

EI Galanzha, YA Menyaev, AC Yadem… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Most cancer deaths arise from metastases as a result of circulating tumor cells (CTCs)
spreading from the primary tumor to vital organs. Despite progress in cancer prognosis, the …

Advanced nanomaterials as sample technique for bio-analysis

N Sun, H Yu, H Wu, X Shen, C Deng - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
The biological compositions including cells, proteins/peptides, nucleic acids, extracellular
vesicles (EVs) and metabolites are no doubt closely related to almost all physiological and …

Microdevice for the isolation and enumeration of cancer cells from blood

SJ Tan, L Yobas, GYH Lee, CN Ong, CT Lim - Biomedical microdevices, 2009 - Springer
Cancer metastasis is the main attribute to cancer-related deaths. Furthermore, clinical
reports have shown a strong correlation between the disease development and number of …

Emerging role of nanomaterials in circulating tumor cell isolation and analysis

HJ Yoon, M Kozminsky, S Nagrath - ACS nano, 2014 - ACS Publications
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are low frequency cells found in the bloodstream after having
been shed from a primary tumor. These cells are research targets because of the information …

[HTML][HTML] High expression of miR-21 and miR-155 predicts recurrence and unfavourable survival in non-small cell lung cancer

M Yang, H Shen, C Qiu, Y Ni, L Wang, W Dong… - European journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
We synthesised the evidence of microRNAs as prognostic biomarkers in lung cancer.
Studies were identified by searching PubMed, Embase and Web of Science until March …