Recent advances in the molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells

Cancers

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 595-624

  Lowes, Lori E ^a,b   Allan, Alison L ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Circulating tumor cells (CTCs); Metastasis; Molecular characterization; Prediction; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOKERATIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN KINASE B; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRASTUZUMAB;

BREAST CANCER; CELL COUNTING; CELL DENSITY; CELL SELECTION; CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84897016065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers6010595     Document Type: Review

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