Characterization of different CTC subpopulations in non-small cell lung cancer

Circulating tumour cells (CTCs) serve as valuable biomarkers. However, EpCAM positive CTCs are less frequently detected in NSCLC patients compared to other epithelial tumours. First, EpCAM protein expression was analysed in primary and metastatic lung cancer tissue. In both groups 21% of the samples...

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Main Authors: Hanssen, Annkathrin, Wagner, Jenny, Gorges, Tobias M., Taenzer, Aline, Uzunoglu, Faik G., Driemel, Christiane, Stoecklein, Nikolas H., Knoefel, Wolfram T., Angenendt, Sebastian, Hauch, Siegfried, Atanackovic, Djordje, Loges, Sonja, Riethdorf, Sabine, Pantel, Klaus, Wikman, Harriet
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4908396/