Circulating Tumor Cells: From the Laboratory to the Cancer Clinic

Noriyoshi Sawabata

doi:10.3390/cancers12103065

Circulating Tumor Cells: From the Laboratory to the Cancer Clinic

Cancers (Basel). 2020 Oct 20;12(10):3065. doi: 10.3390/cancers12103065.

Author

Noriyoshi Sawabata¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara 634-8552, Japan.

Abstract

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cells that are separated from the primary tumor, move through the bloodstream, and spread from the original tumor to other sites, causing cancer metastasis [...].

Keywords: cancer clinic; circulating tumor cell; laboratory.

Publication types

Editorial