Molecular Detection of EMT Markers in Circulating Tumor Cells from Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: Potential Role in Clinical Practice.

Annalisa MilanoFrancesca MazzettaSabatino ValenteDanilo RanieriLaura LeoneAndrea BotticelliConcetta Elisa OnestiSalvatore LauroSalvatore RaffaMaria Rosaria TorrisiPaolo Marchetti

Published in: Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam) (2018)

The RT-PCR-based approach for the evaluation of CTCsEMT phenotype could be a promising and inexpensive tool to predict the prognosis and the therapeutic response in NSCLC patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
circulating tumor cells
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
small cell lung cancer
chronic kidney disease
clinical practice
prognostic factors
epithelial mesenchymal transition
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes