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Phenotyping and clinical utility of phagocytic polyploid giant cancer macrophages in blood.
Cancer letters - 28 Oct 2025
Adams Daniel L, Cristofanilli Massimo, Lin Steven H, Bergan Raymond C, Ho Thai H, Marks Jeffrey R, Martin Stuart S, Edelman Martin J, Chumsri Saranya, Hager Elizabeth J, Tang Cha-Mei, Tsai Susan, Alpaugh R Katherine
Abstract excerpt
Historically, polyploid giant cancer cells (PGCCs) within tumors have been ignored as superfluous inflammatory refuse with no intrinsic clinical or biological relevance. However recently, multiple studies have described the existence PGCCs in solid tumor masses that appear to correlate with tumor progression, and can also appear in blood circulation as cancer associated macrophage like cells (CAMLs). In an effort...
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