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Label-Free and Rapid Microfluidic Design Rules for Circulating Tumor Cell Enrichment and Isolation: A Review and Simulation Analysis.

Muhammad Asraf Mansor, Chun Yang, Kar Lok Chong, Muhammad Asyraf Jamrus, Kewei Liu, Miao Yu, Mohd Ridzuan Ahmad, Xiang Ren

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Review in ACS omega, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Muhammad Asraf MansorDepartment of Control and Mechatronics Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2711-6631
Chun YangSchool of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
Kar Lok ChongDepartment of Control and Mechatronics Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
Muhammad Asyraf JamrusDepartment of Control and Mechatronics Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
Kewei LiuSino-German College of Intelligent Manufacturing, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, China.
Miao YuDepartment of Research and Development, Stedical Scientific, Carlsbad, California 92010, United States.
Mohd Ridzuan AhmadDepartment of Control and Mechatronics Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1331-9606
Xiang RenSchool of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8882-6362

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enriching and isolating circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have attracted significant interest due to their important role in early cancer diagnosis and prognosis, allowing for minimally invasive approaches and providing vital information about metastasis at the cellular level. This review comprehensively summarizes the recent developments in microfluidic devices for CTC enrichment and isolation. The advantages and limitations of several microfluidic devices are discussed, and the design specifications of microfluidic devices for CTC enrichment are highlighted. We also developed a set of methodologies and design rules of label-free microfluidics such as spiral, deterministic lateral displacement (DLD) and dielectrophoresis (DEP) to allow researchers to design and develop microfluidic devices systematically and effectively, promoting rapid research on design, fabrication, and experimentation.

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