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Breast cancer

Optimizing Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells in Breast Cancer: Unveiling New Markers for Clinical Applications

Breast cancer (BC) is a heterogeneous disease with high metastasis potential, especially in the bones,...
Lung cancer

Circulating Tumor Cells from Surgical Manipulation Predict Recurrence and Poor Prognosis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Background/Objectives: In our previous multicenter prospective controlled study (UMIN000018602), we investigated the impact of surgical...
Lung cancer

Optimum diagnostic pathway and pathologic confirmation rate of early stage lung cancer: Results from the VIOLET randomised controlled trial

Background: Pathologic confirmation of lung cancer influences treatment selection for suspected early-stage lung cancer. High...
Lung cancer

An assessment of diagnostic performance of a filter-based antibody-independent peripheral blood circulating tumour cell capture paired with cytomorphologic criteria for the diagnosis of cancer

Objectives Circulating tumour cells (CTCs) are reported to be predictive for prognosis and response to...
Glioblastoma

Evaluating circulating tumour cell enrichment techniques to establish an appropriate method for clinical application in glioblastomas

Brain tumours reduce life expectancy for an average of 20 years per patient, the highest...
Esophageal adenocarcinoma

Cancer-associated Macrophage-like Cells in Patients with Non-metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus – Cytomorphological Heterogeneity

Introduction: Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) often recurs systemically despite therapy with a curative aim. New diagnostic...

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