Clinical challenges in the molecular characterization of circulating tumour cells in breast cancer

Blood testing for circulating tumour cells (CTC) has emerged as one of the hottest fields in cancer research. CTC detection and enumeration can serve as a ‘liquid biopsy' and an early marker of response to systemic therapy, whereas their molecular characterisation has a strong potential to be t...

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Main Authors: Lianidou, E S, Mavroudis, D, Georgoulias, V
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3694246/