ReviewMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2017
CTC clusters in cancer progression and metastasis.
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- Circulating Tumor Cells for the Monitoring of Lung Cancer Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Breast cancer stem cells and circulating tumor cells: Dual drivers of progression and relapse.World journal of stem cells · 2025Review
- Automatic Classification of Circulating Blood Cell Clusters based on Multi-channel Flow Cytometry Imaging.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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- Cancer-associated macrophage-like cells as a prognostic biomarker in solid tumors.The journal of liquid biopsy · 2024Review
- Liquid biopsy in renal cell carcinoma.The oncologist · 2024Article
- A Preliminary Analysis of Circulating Tumor Microemboli from Breast Cancer Patients during Follow-Up Visits.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Article
- Circulating tumor cells: from new biological insights to clinical practice.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024Review
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Abstract
Circulating tumor cells (CTC) in the blood of cancer patients are regarded as potential metastatic seeds, and their detailed characterization holds great promises for more exact prognosis, better diagnosis and therapy of the metastatic cancer. Circulating tumor cell clusters represent different class of CTCs, with specific properties, including high metastatic potential. In this review, we present current opinions on differences between single CTCs and CTC clusters, their mode of dissemination, methods of detection and clinical importance in various types of cancer.
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