Detection of circulating tumor cells in breast cancer patients utilizing multiparameter flow cytometry and assessment of the prognosis of patients in different CTCs levels

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-219

  Hu, Yanjie ^a   Fan, Lingling ^a   Zheng, Jin'e ^a   Cui, Rui ^b   Liu, Wei ^a   He, Yanli ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Huang, Shiang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Health Department of HuBei   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Circulating tumor cells (CTCs); Circulating tumor stem cells (CTSCs); Multiparameter flow cytometry; Overall survival (OS); Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STEM CELL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL LINE; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649084026     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20838     Document Type: Article

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