Filtration based assessment of CTCs and CellSearch® based assessment are both powerful predictors of prognosis for metastatic breast cancer patients

Filtration based assessment of CTCs and CellSearch® based assessment are both powerful predictors of prognosis for metastatic breast cancer patients

Abstract Background The assessment of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) has been shown to enable monitoring of treatment response and early detection of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) recurrence. The aim of this study was to compare a well-established CTC detection method based on immunomagnetic isolat...

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Main Authors: Hanna Huebner, Peter A. Fasching, Walter Gumbrecht, Sebastian Jud, Claudia Rauh, Mark Matzas, Peter Paulicka, Katja Friedrich, Michael P. Lux, Bernhard Volz, Paul Gass, Lothar Häberle, Franziska Meier-Stiegen, Andreas Hartkopf, Hans Neubauer, Katrin Almstedt, Matthias W. Beckmann, Tanja N. Fehm, Matthias Ruebner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
CTC
CellSearch
Breast cancer
Overall survival
Filtration
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4115-1

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