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ArticleiScience2026

Detection of circulating tumor cells in cholangiocarcinoma via epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers and their application.

Yan Liu, Xue Yu, Tianhao Shen, Qiuying Li, Tinghui Jiang, Wei Li, Yongqiang Zhu

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Article in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Yan LiuOncology Intervention Department, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 164 Lanxi Road, Shanghai, China.
Xue YuOncology Intervention Department, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 164 Lanxi Road, Shanghai, China.
Tianhao ShenOncology Intervention Department, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 164 Lanxi Road, Shanghai, China.
Qiuying LiOncology Intervention Department, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 164 Lanxi Road, Shanghai, China.
Tinghui JiangOncology Intervention Department, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 164 Lanxi Road, Shanghai, China.
Wei LiSurgery Department, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 164 Lanxi Road, Shanghai, China.
Yongqiang ZhuOncology Intervention Department, Putuo Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 164 Lanxi Road, Shanghai, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to detect circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the peripheral blood of patients with cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) using a CTCs sorting technique and to assess the association between CTC counts and patient prognosis. Epithelial-type CTCs and mesenchymal-type CTCs (VCTC) were captured in the blood of 149 patients with CCA, and clinical data were collected for statistical analysis. Both the number of CTCs and the number of VCTC in patients with CCA were significantly correlated with tumor size, bile duct invasion, biliary hyperplasia, clinical stage, distal metastasis, and lymph node metastasis (

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PMCPMC13091445

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