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The promise of circulating tumor cell analysis in cancer management

2014; BioMed Central; Volume: 15; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s13059-014-0448-5

ISSN

1474-760X

Autores

Joaquı́n Mateo, Marco Gerlinger, Daniel Nava Rodrigues, Johann S. de Bono,

Tópico(s)

Cancer Research and Treatments

Resumo

Abstract Enumeration and molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells isolated from peripheral blood of patients with cancer can aid selection of targeted therapy for patients, monitoring of response to therapies and optimization of drug development, while also providing valuable information about intratumoral heterogeneity.

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