Circulating Tumor Cell Clusters Are Frequently Detected in Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Circulating Tumor Cell Clusters Are Frequently Detected in Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer

The clinical relevance of circulating tumor cell clusters (CTC-clusters) in breast cancer (BC) has been mostly studied using the CellSearch<sup>®</sup>, a marker-dependent method detecting only epithelial-enriched clusters. However, due to epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, resorting...

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Main Authors: Carolina Reduzzi, Serena Di Cosimo, Lorenzo Gerratana, Rosita Motta, Antonia Martinetti, Andrea Vingiani, Paolo D’Amico, Youbin Zhang, Marta Vismara, Catherine Depretto, Gianfranco Scaperrotta, Secondo Folli, Giancarlo Pruneri, Massimo Cristofanilli, Maria Grazia Daidone, Vera Cappelletti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
circulating tumor cell clusters
liquid biopsy
early breast cancer
metastatic breast cancer
circulating tumor microemboli
size-based enrichment
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/10/2356

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