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Clinical significance of circulating tumor cells and free DNA in non-small cell lung cancer.
Anticancer research - 1 Aug 2012
Isobe Kazutoshi, Hata Yoshinobu, Kobayashi Kunihiko, Hirota Nao, Sato Keita, Sano Go, Sugino Keishi, Sakamoto Susumu, Takai Yujiro, Shibuya Kazutoshi, Takagi Keigo, Homma Sakae
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AIM: This pilot study assessed correlations between circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and circulating free DNA (cfDNA) of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after acquisition of resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors. PATIENTS AND METHODS: CTCs were counted using the CellSearch system (Veridex). cfDNA was analyzed for EGFR mutation status by the Cycleave real-time PCR...
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