Circulating tumor cells in the clinical cancer diagnosis.
Clin Transl Oncol
; 22(3): 279-282, 2020 Mar.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31140068
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cells that have shed into the vasculature or lymphatics from a primary tumor and are carried around the body in the blood circulation. CTCs undergo a series of migration, adhesion and aggregation to form metastases, leading to post-operative recurrence and metastasis in patients with malignant tumors. The detection and analysis of CTCs, as a new non-invasive diagnostic tool, plays an important role in tumor diagnosis, therapeutic efficacy, monitoring recurrence, prognosis assessment and tumor precision medical treatment.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Células Neoplásicas Circulantes
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Transl Oncol
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China
País de publicação:
Itália