Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Magbanua, Mark Jesus M. (Editor), Park, John W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 994
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.

The past decade has seen remarkable progress in elucidating the clinical relevance of circulating tumor cells (CTCs). Evidence from numerous clinical studies has unequivocally demonstrated the importance of CTCs as harbingers of poor outcome. Despite these advances, the molecular nature of CTCs rema...