Biology, vulnerabilities and clinical applications of circulating tumour cells

A Ring, BD Nguyen-Sträuli, A Wicki, N Aceto - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
In recent years, exceptional technological advances have enabled the identification and
interrogation of rare circulating tumour cells (CTCs) from blood samples of patients, leading …

Clinical application and detection techniques of liquid biopsy in gastric cancer

S Ma, M Zhou, Y Xu, X Gu, M Zou, G Abudushalamu… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common tumors worldwide and the leading cause of
tumor-related mortality. Endoscopy and serological tumor marker testing are currently the …

Genetics and biology of prostate cancer

G Wang, D Zhao, DJ Spring… - Genes & …, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Despite the high long-term survival in localized prostate cancer, metastatic prostate cancer
remains largely incurable even after intensive multimodal therapy. The lethality of advanced …

Randomized, double-blind, phase II study of temozolomide in combination with either veliparib or placebo in patients with relapsed-sensitive or refractory small-cell …

MC Pietanza, SN Waqar, LM Krug, A Dowlati… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Both temozolomide (TMZ) and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors are
active in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). This phase II, randomized, double-blind study …

Cancer diagnosis: from tumor to liquid biopsy and beyond

R Vaidyanathan, RH Soon, P Zhang, K Jiang, CT Lim - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Technological advancements in research on circulating biomarkers from patient derived
blood have enabled a less invasive means of diagnosing non-hematologic cancers …

Extracellular vesicles as biomarkers and therapeutic targets for cancer

F Urabe, N Kosaka, K Ito, T Kimura… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small lipid membrane vesicles that are secreted from almost
all kinds of cells into the extracellular space. EVs are widely accepted to be involved in …

Exosomal miR-1290 and miR-375 as prognostic markers in castration-resistant prostate cancer

X Huang, T Yuan, M Liang, M Du, S Xia, R Dittmar… - European urology, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Extracellular microRNAs (miRNAs) embedded in circulating exosomes
may serves as prognostic biomarkers in cancer. Objective To identify and evaluate plasma …

Blood-based analyses of cancer: circulating tumor cells and circulating tumor DNA

DA Haber, VE Velculescu - Cancer discovery, 2014 - AACR
The ability to study nonhematologic cancers through noninvasive sampling of blood is one
of the most exciting and rapidly advancing fields in cancer diagnostics. This has been driven …

[HTML][HTML] Improved EGFR mutation detection using combined exosomal RNA and circulating tumor DNA in NSCLC patient plasma

AK Krug, D Enderle, C Karlovich, T Priewasser… - Annals of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background A major limitation of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) for somatic mutation
detection has been the low level of ctDNA found in a subset of cancer patients. We …

[HTML][HTML] PSA and beyond: alternative prostate cancer biomarkers

S Saini - Cellular Oncology, 2016 - Springer
Background The use of biomarkers for prostate cancer screening, diagnosis and prognosis
has the potential to improve the clinical management of the patients. Owing to inherent …