Circulating tumor cells with karyotyping as a novel biomarker for diagnosis and treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Abstract Background Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have been considered great clinical significance in various cancers. However, it remains unknown that how is the role of CTCs in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). We investigated the value of CTCs enumeration and karyotyping in NPC. Meth...

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Main Authors: Jing Zhang, Huashan Shi, Tingting Jiang, Zhe Liu, Peter P. Lin, Nianyong Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-5034-x