Microfluidic chip-based technologies: Emerging platforms for cancer diagnosis

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ying, Li ^a   Wang, Qi ^a  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer biomarker; Diagnosis; Gene; Microfluidics; Oncology

Indexed keywords

CANCER BIOMARKERS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROTOCOLS; EQUIPMENT COSTS; HIGH-PRECISION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGIES; MICROFLUIDIC-BASED;

CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ONCOLOGY;

MICROFLUIDICS;

CELL SURFACE MARKER;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CELL LYSATE; CELL MANIPULATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAB ON A CHIP; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; ONCOGENE RAS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; NEOPLASMS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84884660578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-13-76     Document Type: Review

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