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Development of a Highly Sensitive and Specific Method for Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells Harboring Somatic Mutations in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients
21 Jan 2014
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Oncogenic mutations are powerful predictive biomarkers for molecularly targeted cancer therapies. For mutation detection patients have to undergo invasive tumor biopsies. Alternatively, archival samples are used which may no longer reflect the actual tumor status. Circulating tumor cells (CTC) could serve as an alternative platform to detect somatic mutations in cancer patients. We sought to develop a...
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