Problems and prospects of circulating tumor cells in clinical application
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-9158.2017.08.004
- VernacularTitle:循环肿瘤细胞在临床诊疗应用中的问题与展望
- Author:
Zhiyong LIU
;
Shanrong LIU
- Keywords:
Neoplastic cells,circulating;
Neoplasm metastasis;
Neoplasm recurrence,local;
Biopsy technique
- From:
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2017;40(8):569-572
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have shown a prognostic value in clinical tumor diagnosis, CTCs and related liquid biopsy technique have become a new hot focus for clinical diagnosis of tumor study in recent years.This review evaluates the limitation of CTCs′ applications in clinical studies and makes some suggestions for the future clinical application in order to promote the development of liquid biopsy technique.
