Molecular biomarker analyses using circulating tumor cells.

Evaluation of cancer biomarkers from blood could significantly enable biomarker assessment by providing a relatively non-invasive source of representative tumor material. Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) isolated from blood of metastatic cancer patients hold significant promise in this regard.Using sp...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth A Punnoose, Siminder K Atwal, Jill M Spoerke, Heidi Savage, Ajay Pandita, Ru-Fang Yeh, Andrea Pirzkall, Bernard M Fine, Lukas C Amler, Daniel S Chen, Mark R Lackner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2935889?pdf=render