Open AccessUnifying metastasis — integrating intravasation, circulation and end-organ colonization
Author(s) -
Jacob G. Scott,
Peter Kühn,
Alexander R.A. Anderson
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nature reviews. cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.575
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1474-1768
pISSN - 1474-175X
DOI - 10.1038/nrc3287
Subject(s) - intravasation , circulating tumor cell , metastasis , blood circulation , medicine , biology , cancer , traditional medicine
Recent technological advances that have enabled the measurement of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in patients have spurred interest in the circulatory phase of metastasis. Techniques that do not solely rely on a blood sample allow substantial biological interrogation beyond simply counting CTCs.
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