Circulating Tumor Cells and Melanoma Progression [PDF]
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2010 Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cancer cells shed from either a primary tumor or its metastases that circulate in the peripheral blood. CTCs are potential seeds for metastases, and analyses of CTCs may allow earlier detection of metastasis-capable malignancy, monitoring for tumor recurrence, and accurate prognostication. Studies on CTCs have focused
Jiang F. Zhong, Xiaowei Xu
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BMC Cancer, 2023 Background The clinical relevance of circulating tumor cell-white blood cell (CTC-WBC) clusters in cancer prognosis is a subject of ongoing debate. This study aims to unravel their contentious predictive value for patient outcomes. Methods We conducted a
Mingguang Ju +8 more
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Detection of Tumor Cell-Specific mRNA in the Peripheral Blood of Patients with Breast Cancer-Evaluation of Several Markers with Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR [PDF]
, 2013 It is widely known that cells from epithelial tumors, e. g., breast cancer, detach from their primary tissue and enter blood circulation. We show that the presence of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in samples of patients with primary and metastatic ...
Alexandra Kölbl +55 more
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Circulating tumor cells in breast cancer [PDF]
Molecular Oncology, 2016 Over the past decade, technically reliable circulating tumor cell (CTC) detection methods allowed the collection of large datasets of CTC counts in cancer patients. These data can be used either as a dynamic prognostic biomarker or as tumor material for “liquid biopsy”.
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Focused ultrasound-enabled brain tumor liquid biopsy [PDF]
, 2018 Although blood-based liquid biopsies have emerged as a promising non-invasive method to detect biomarkers in various cancers, limited progress has been made for brain tumors.
Chen, Hong +10 more
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ORGAN SPECIFIC VASCULAR RESPONSE TO FIBROSIS AFFECTS BREAST CANCER METASTATIC ORGANOTROPISM [PDF]
, 2016 The solid tumor microenvironment, pre-metastatic niche, and fibrotic environment are known to have significant biochemical and biomechanical similarities to the fibrotic environment. All have significantly increased levels of factors such as TGFβ, HIF1α,
Fletcher, Eliot S, Fletcher, Eliot S
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Detection of TMPRSS2 : ERG fusion gene in circulating prostate cancer cells [PDF]
, 2008 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license (CC BY-NC SA)Aim: To investigate the existence of TMPRSS2:ERG fusion gene in circulating tumor cells (CTC) from prostate cancer patients and its potential in monitoring tumor metastasis ...
Bryan D. Young +16 more
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Next Generation Sequencing Assay for Detection of Circulating HPV DNA (cHPV-DNA) in Patients Undergoing Radical (Chemo)Radiotherapy in Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ASCC). [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Following chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) for human papilloma virus positive (HPV+) anal squamous cell carcinoma (ASCC), detection of residual/recurrent disease is challenging.
Augustin, Y +10 more
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Tumor and circulating biomarkers in patients with second-line hepatocellular carcinoma from the randomized phase II study with tivantinib [PDF]
, 2016 ARQ 197-215 was a randomized placebo-controlled phase II study testing the MET inhibitor tivantinib in second-line hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. It identified tumor MET as a key biomarker in HCC.
Abbadessa, Giovanni +19 more
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Cellular and molecular mediators of bone metastatic lesions [PDF]
, 2018 Bone is the preferential site of metastasis for breast and prostate tumor. Cancer cells establish a tight relationship with the host tissue, secreting factors that stimulate or inhibit bone cells, receiving signals generated from the bone remodeling ...
Battafarano, Giulia +3 more
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