Biosensors for the detection of circulating tumour cells

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 4856-4875

  Costa, Clotilde ^a   Abal, Miguel ^a   López López, Rafael ^a   Muinelo Romay, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circulating tumour cells (CTCs); Detection; Enrichment; Isolation; Sensors

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; BLAST ENRICHMENT; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ERROR DETECTION; PATHOLOGY; SENSORS; TUMORS;

BIO-SENSOR PLATFORMS; CIRCULATING TUMOUR CELLS; CLINICAL MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL SAMPLES; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; ISOLATION; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; RECENT PROGRESS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 84896482762     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140304856     Document Type: Review

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