Clinical Applications of Circulating Tumor Cells in Pharmacotherapy: Challenges and Perspectives | Zendy

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Clinical Applications of Circulating Tumor Cells in Pharmacotherapy: Challenges and Perspectives

Author(s) -

Tong Wu,

Bin Cheng,

Liwu Fu

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

molecular pharmacology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469

H-Index - 198

eISSN - 1521-0111

pISSN - 0026-895X

DOI - 10.1124/mol.116.108142

Subject(s) - circulating tumor cell , liquid biopsy , metastasis , medicine , cancer , cancer metastasis , peripheral blood , cancer therapy , pharmacotherapy , oncology

Screening for circulating tumor cells (CTCs) has been identified as one approach to ultrasensitive liquid biopsy in real-time monitoring of cancer patients. The detection of CTCs in peripheral blood from cancer patients is promising as a diagnostic tool; however, the application of CTCs in therapeutic treatment still faces serious challenges with respect to specificity and sensitivity. Here, we review the significant roles of CTCs in metastasis and the strengths and weaknesses of the currently available methods for CTC detection and characterization. Moreover, we discuss the clinical application of CTCs as markers for patient prognosis, and we specifically focus on the application of CTCs as indicators in cancer pharmacotherapy. Characterization of the detected CTCs will provide new biologic perspectives and clinical applications for the treatment of cancer patients with metastasis.

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