Ultra-fast vitrification of patient-derived circulating tumor cell lines.

Emerging technologies have enabled the isolation and characterization of rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from the blood of metastatic cancer patients. CTCs represent a non-invasive opportunity to gain information regarding the primary tumor and recent reports suggest CTCs have value as an indica...

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Main Authors: Rebecca D Sandlin, Keith H K Wong, Shannon N Tessier, Anisa Swei, Lauren D Bookstaver, Bennett E Ahearn, Shyamala Maheswaran, Daniel A Haber, Shannon L Stott, Mehmet Toner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5825040?pdf=render