Clinical validation of an ultra high-throughput spiral microfluidics for the detection and enrichment of viable circulating tumor cells.

<h4>Background</h4>Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cancer cells that can be isolated via liquid biopsy from blood and can be phenotypically and genetically characterized to provide critical information for guiding cancer treatment. Current analysis of CTCs is hindered by the throughpu...

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Main Authors: Bee Luan Khoo, Majid Ebrahimi Warkiani, Daniel Shao-Weng Tan, Ali Asgar S Bhagat, Darryl Irwin, Dawn Pingxi Lau, Alvin S T Lim, Kiat Hon Lim, Sai Sakktee Krisna, Wan-Teck Lim, Yoon Sim Yap, Soo Chin Lee, Ross A Soo, Jongyoon Han, Chwee Teck Lim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24999991/?tool=EBI