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Circulating tumor cells: a review of present methods and the need to identify heterogeneous phenotypes.
Annals of clinical and laboratory science - 1 Jan 2013
Millner Lori M, Linder Mark W, Valdes Roland
Abstract excerpt
The measurement and characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) hold promise for advancing personalized therapeutics. CTCs are the precursor to metastatic cancer and thus have the potential to radically alter patient treatment and outcome. Currently, clinical information provided by the enumeration of CTCs is limited to predicting clinical outcome. Other areas of interest in advancing the practice of...
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