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Assessment of Circulating Tumor Cells as a Predictive Biomarker of Histology in Women With Suspected Ovarian Cancer
Author(s) -
Emil Lou,
Rachel I. Vogel,
Deanna Teoh,
Spencer Hoostal,
A. Grad,
Matthew S. Gerber,
Minnu Monu,
Tomasz Łukaszewski,
Jaai Deshpande,
Michael A. Linden,
Melissa A. Geller
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
laboratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1943-7730
pISSN - 0007-5027
DOI - 10.1093/labmed/lmx084
Subject(s) - medicine , ovarian cancer , biomarker , circulating tumor cell , oncology , prostate cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , colorectal cancer , cancer , prospective cohort study , ovarian carcinoma , pathology , metastasis , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , biology
The clinical assessment of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) as a blood-based biomarker is FDA-approved for use in breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers. The objective of this prospective clinical study was to determine whether pretreatment CTCs are a useful diagnostic biomarker in women with complex pelvic masses.

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