Methods for detection of circulating tumour cells and their clinical value in cancer patients

Folia Biologica (Czech Republic)

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 151-161

  Mikulova V ^a   Kolostova K ^b   Zima, T ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Circulating tumour cells; Clinical value; Detection methods; Disseminated tumour cells

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 1; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MUCIN 1; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE ALPHA; PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; V AKT MURINE THYMOMA VIRAL ONCOGENE HOMOLOGUE 2 PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; BONE MARROW; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SEPARATION; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; COLON CANCER; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LABORATORY DEVICE; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; MAGNETIC CELL SORTING; METASTASIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NICK END LABELING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PHOTOACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; PROSTATE CANCER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE RISK; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84861175261     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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