Evaluation of circulating tumor cell clusters for pan-cancer noninvasive diagnostic triaging.

Andrew GayaTimothy CrookNicholas PlowmanAnantbhushan RanadeSewanti LimayeAmit BhattRaymond PageRevati PatilPradip FulmaliVineet DattaPrashant KumarDarshana PatilDadasaheb Akolkar

Published in: Cancer cytopathology (2020)

C-ETACs were ubiquitous (>90%) in various cancers and provided diagnostically relevant information in the majority (>90%) of cases. This is the first comprehensive report on the feasibility of ICC profiling of C-ETACs to provide pan-cancer diagnostic guidance with accuracy comparable to that of HPE.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
circulating tumor
single cell
squamous cell
circulating tumor cells
stem cells
cell free
squamous cell carcinoma
mesenchymal stem cells
young adults