Open AccessEvaluation of Isolation Methods for Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs)
Author(s) -
Galatea Kallergi,
Eleni Politaki,
Saad Alkahtani,
Christos Stournaras,
Vassilis Georgoulias
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000452556
Subject(s) - skbr3 , circulating tumor cell , biology , medicine , breast cancer , ficoll , cancer , andrology , genetics , human breast , metastasis , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , in vitro
Detection of CTCs is a poor prognostic factor for many cancer types; however, their very low frequency represents an obstacle for their detection. The objective of the current study was to compare the performance of commonly used methods for CTCs isolation.
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