Open AccessClinicopathological and prognostic significance of circulating tumor cells in patients with lung cancer: a meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Tongwen Xu,
Guodong Shen,
Min Cheng,
Xu Wang,
Gan Shen,
Shilian Hu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
oncotarget
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.373
H-Index - 127
ISSN - 1949-2553
DOI - 10.18632/oncotarget.19122
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , meta analysis , cancer , oncology , pathology , cancer research
The prognostic significance of circulating tumor cells in patients with lung cancer is controversial. Therefore, we aimed to comprehensively and quantitatively assess the prognostic role of CTCs in patients with lung cancer.