The presence of platelets in association with cancer deposits has been recognised for over
100 years; however, the recognition of a two-way interaction has been more recent. The link …

Excisional surgery is one of the primary treatment modalities for cancer. Minimal residual
disease (MRD) is the occult neoplastic disease that remains in situ after curative surgery …

Abstract Background The CellSearch System is a technique to detect circulating tumor cells
(CTCs) in patients with cancer. Few data have been published concerning the role of CTCs …

Background Despite improvements in surgery and chemotherapy, most patients develop
recurrence after hepatectomy for metastatic colorectal cancer. Data are lacking on the effect …

Background: The role of adjuvant chemotherapy after resection of colorectal cancers (CRCs)
is well understood for patients with stage-I or stage-III disease. Its efficacy for those with …

Objective To evaluate the clinical relevance of real-time quantitative polymerase chain
reaction (qPCR) detection of CEA and CK20 transcripts, as potentially related to tumor cell …

Recently, the major challenge in treating osteosarcoma patients is the metastatic disease,
most commonly in the lungs. However, the underlying mechanism of recurrence and …

Objective: To examine the prognostic significance of disseminated tumor cells in blood and
bone marrow of patients undergoing surgical resection of colorectal liver metastases …

Aim To detect pre-and postoperative circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in stage I–III colorectal
cancer (CRC) patients undergoing curative resection and so identify a subgroup of patients …

This is the first study that seeks to establish the prognostic value of circulating tumor cell
(CTC)(determined by CellSearch system) in patients with stage III CRC. Our results suggest …