TY - JOUR
T1 - Possible applications of circulating tumor cells in patients with non small cell lung cancer
AU - Tartarone, Alfredo
AU - Rossi, Elisabetta
AU - Lerose, Rosa
AU - Mambella, Giuseppina
AU - Calderone, Giuseppe
AU - Zamarchi, Rita
AU - Aieta, Michele
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Recent experiences indicate that, as already reported for other types of cancer, circulating tumor cells (CTCs) may play a role also in non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for diagnosis, therapy monitoring and prognostic purposes. CTCs evaluation could be particularly relevant in this clinical setting not only for the objective difficulty in obtaining tumor tissue, but also because of the lack of reliable tumor markers. In the current review, we will focus on the possible applications of CTCs in NSCLC patients.
AB - Recent experiences indicate that, as already reported for other types of cancer, circulating tumor cells (CTCs) may play a role also in non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for diagnosis, therapy monitoring and prognostic purposes. CTCs evaluation could be particularly relevant in this clinical setting not only for the objective difficulty in obtaining tumor tissue, but also because of the lack of reliable tumor markers. In the current review, we will focus on the possible applications of CTCs in NSCLC patients.
KW - Anaplastic lymphoma kinase fusion gene
KW - Circulating tumor cells
KW - Epidermal growth factor receptor
KW - Liquid biopsy
KW - Non small cell lung cancer
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U2 - 10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.05.027
DO - 10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.05.027
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85006339950
JO - Lung Cancer
JF - Lung Cancer
SN - 0169-5002
ER -