Value of folate receptor-positive circulating tumour cells in the clinical management of indeterminate lung nodules: A non-invasive biomarker for predicting malignancy and tumour invasivenessResearch in context

Background: Non-invasive lung adenocarcinoma could benefit from limited resection, nonetheless, there is a lack of method to determine preoperative tumour invasiveness. We aimed to investigate whether folate receptor-positive circulating tumour cells (FR+-CTCs) in combination with maximum tumour dia...

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Main Authors: Qianjun Zhou, Qing Geng, Lin Wang, Jia Huang, Meilin Liao, Yan Li, Zhengping Ding, Shentu Yang, Hang Zhao, Qiang Shen, Changqing Pan, Jiatao Lou, Shun Lu, Chang Chen, Qingquan Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396419301069