Circulating Tumor Cells in Gastrointestinal Malignancies: Current Techniques and Clinical Implications

Since their introduction more than 50 years by Engell, circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have been evaluated in cancer patients and their detection has been correlated with clinical outcome, in esophageal, gastric, and colorectal cancer. With the availability of refined technologies, the identification...

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Main Authors: Georg Lurje, Marc Schiesser, Andreas Claudius Hoffmann, Paul Magnus Schneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/392652