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 …

Circulating tumour cells for early detection of clinically relevant cancer

R Lawrence, M Watters, CR Davies, K Pantel… - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2023 - nature.com
Given that cancer mortality is usually a result of late diagnosis, efforts in the field of early
detection are paramount to reducing cancer-related deaths and improving patient outcomes …

Unravelling tumour heterogeneity by single-cell profiling of circulating tumour cells

L Keller, K Pantel - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Single-cell technologies have contributed to unravelling tumour heterogeneity, now
considered a hallmark of cancer and one of the main causes of tumour resistance to cancer …

Genomic and phenotypic heterogeneity in prostate cancer

MC Haffner, W Zwart, MP Roudier, LD True… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
From a clinical, morphological and molecular perspective, prostate cancer is a
heterogeneous disease. Primary prostate cancers are often multifocal, having …

Liquid biopsies: Potential and challenges

I Heidrich, L Ačkar… - … Journal of Cancer, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of tumor cells or tumor cell products obtained from blood or other body fluids
(“liquid biopsy”[LB]) provides a broad range of opportunities in the field of oncology. Clinical …

Single‐cell analysis using droplet microfluidics

K Matuła, F Rivello, WTS Huck - Advanced Biosystems, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Droplet microfluidics has revolutionized the study of single cells. The ability to
compartmentalize cells within picoliter droplets in microfluidic devices has opened up a wide …

Genomics of lethal prostate cancer at diagnosis and castration resistance

J Mateo, G Seed, C Bertan, P Rescigno… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The genomics of primary prostate cancer differ from those of metastatic castration-resistant
prostate cancer (mCRPC). We studied genomic aberrations in primary prostate cancer …

Ultrahigh-throughput magnetic sorting of large blood volumes for epitope-agnostic isolation of circulating tumor cells

A Mishra, TD Dubash, JF Edd… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Circulating tumor cell (CTC)-based liquid biopsies provide unique opportunities for cancer
diagnostics, treatment selection, and response monitoring, but even with advanced …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating biomarkers for early detection and clinical management of colorectal cancer

M Marcuello, V Vymetalkova, RPL Neves… - Molecular Aspects of …, 2019 - Elsevier
New non-invasive approaches that can complement and improve on current strategies for
colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and management are urgently needed. A growing …

Towards precision oncology in advanced prostate cancer

SY Ku, ME Gleave, H Beltran - Nature Reviews Urology, 2019 - nature.com
Metastatic biopsy programmes combined with advances in genomic sequencing have
provided new insights into the molecular landscape of castration-resistant prostate cancer …