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Progress in Using Circulating Tumor Cell Information to Improve Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-03-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) were discovered nearly 150 years ago but have only recently been recognized as a feature of most solid tumors due to their extremely low concentration in the peripheral circulation.
Several technologies have been developed to isolate and analyze CTCs, which can now be routinely accessed for clinical information.
The most mature of these (the CELLSEARCH system) uses immunomagnetic selection of epithelial cell adhesion molecule to isolate CTCs for analysis.
Studies using this system have demonstrated that categorization of patients into high and low CTC groups using a validated decision point is prognostic in patients with metastatic breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer.
Initial attempts to use CTC counts to guide therapeutic decisions appeared to yield positive results and key concepts in clinical application of CTC information, including the CTC cutoff, predictive value in disease subtypes, and comparison to current evaluation methods, have been demonstrated.
Clinical studies of the impact of CTC counts in routine clinical practice are ongoing; however, recent published evidence on the clinical use of CTCs in metastatic breast cancer continues to support these concepts, and experience in the community oncology setting also suggests that CTC enumeration can be useful for therapy management.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Alemar, Jose& Schuur, Eric R.. 2013. Progress in Using Circulating Tumor Cell Information to Improve Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy. Journal of Oncology،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491751
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Alemar, Jose& Schuur, Eric R.. Progress in Using Circulating Tumor Cell Information to Improve Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy. Journal of Oncology No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491751
American Medical Association (AMA)
Alemar, Jose& Schuur, Eric R.. Progress in Using Circulating Tumor Cell Information to Improve Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy. Journal of Oncology. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491751
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-491751