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ReviewCellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2020

Prognostic and therapeutic significance of circulating tumor cells in patients with lung cancer.

Meysam Yousefi, Parisa Ghaffari, Rahim Nosrati, Sadegh Dehghani, Arash Salmaninejad, Yousef Jafari Abarghan, Seyed H Ghaffari

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Review in Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Meysam YousefiDepartment of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Parisa GhaffariHematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Rahim NosratiCellular and Molecular Research Center, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Sadegh DehghaniDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Arash SalmaninejadDepartment of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Yousef Jafari AbarghanDepartment of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Seyed H GhaffariHematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. shghaffari200@yahoo.com.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLung cancer is the second most common cancer and the main cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. In spite of various efforts that have been made to facilitate the early diagnosis of lung cancer, most patients are diagnosed when the disease is already in stage IV, which is generally associated with the occurrence of distant metastases and a poor survival. Moreover, a large proportion of these patients will relapse after treatment, heralding the need for the stratification of lung cancer patients in addition to identifying those who are at a higher risk of relapse and, thus, require alternative and/or additional therapies. Recently, circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have been considered as valuable markers for the early diagnosis, prognosis and risk stratification of cancer patients, and they have been found to be able to predict the survival of patients with various types of cancer, including lung cancer. Additionally, the characterization of CTCs has recently provided fascinating insights into the heterogeneity of tumors, which may be instrumental for the development of novel targeted therapies.

conclusionsHere we review our current understanding of the significance of CTCs in lung cancer metastasis. We also discuss prominent studies reporting the utility of enumeration and characterization of CTCs in lung cancer patients as prognostic and pharmacodynamic biomarkers for those who are at a higher risk of metastasis and drug resistance.

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Biomarkers, TumorDrug Resistance, NeoplasmEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHumansLung NeoplasmsNeoplastic Cells, CirculatingPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorCirculating tumor cellsDrug resistanceLung cancerMetastasis

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PMID31828552
PMCPMC12990721

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