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Impact of cytomorphological detection of circulating tumor cells in patients with liver cancer.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Mar 2004
Vona Giovanna, Estepa Laurence, Béroud Christophe, Damotte Diane, Capron Frédérique, Nalpas Bertrand, Mineur Alexandra, Franco Dominique, Lacour Bernard, Pol Stanislas, Bréchot Christian, Paterlini-Bréchot Patrizia
Abstract excerpt
The clinical impact of circulating tumor cell (CTC) detection is controversial, mainly due to drawbacks of molecular approaches applied to this field. We sought to determine if the specific identification and counting of circulating tumor cells by cytomorphologic analysis has clinical usefulness. Peripheral blood (6 mL), treated using isolation by size of epithelial tumor cells, was obtained from 44 patients with...
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