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Small cell lung cancer: Circulating tumor cells of extended stage patients express a mesenchymal-epithelial transition phenotype.
Cell adhesion & migration - 3 Jul 2016
Hamilton Gerhard, Hochmair Maximilian, Rath Barbara, Klameth Lukas, Zeillinger Robert
Abstract excerpt
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is distinguished by aggressive growth, early dissemination and a poor prognosis at advanced stage. The remarkably high count of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) of SCLC allowed for the establishment of permanent CTC cultures at our institution for the first time. CTCs are assumed to have characteristics of cancer stem cells (CSCs) and an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)...
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