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A pilot study of clinical evidence for phenotypic circulating tumor cell counts in stage II/III rectal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - 1 May 2026
Oh Eunseol, Yeo Hyun Yang, Cha Yongjun, Kim Bun, Chang Hee Jin, Kim Dae Yong, Oh Jae Hwan, Lee Mi-Kyung, Kim Minki, Cho Young-Ho, Park Sang-Hee
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OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical evidence of phenotypic circulating tumor cell (CTC) counts in stage II/III rectal cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT). METHODS: We isolated CTCs from 5 mL of peripheral blood from each of 40 rectal cancer patients in stage II/III using a physical marker-based (size- and deformability-based) isolation method, thus enabling simultaneous capture and...
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