Benchtop technologies for circulating tumor cells separation based on biophysical properties

• Main Authors: Low, W.S., Wan Abas, Wan Abu Bakar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/15771/1/Benchtop_Technologies_for_Circulating_Tumor_Cells_Separation_Based_on_Biophysica.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/15771/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25977918

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are tumor cells that have detached from primary tumor site and are transported via the circulation system. The importance of CTCs as prognostic biomarker is leveraged when multiple studies found that patient with cutoff of 5 CTCs per 7.5 mL blood has poor survival rate...