Frequency and Prognostic Value of Circulating Tumor Cells in Cancer of Unknown Primary.

Maria Pouyiourou Tilmann BochtlerCornelia CoithHarriett WikmanBianca KraftThomas Hielscher Albrecht Stenzinger Sabine Riethdorf Klaus Pantel Alwin Krämer

Published in: Clinical chemistry (2024)

CTC frequency is a strong, independent predictor of survival in patients with CUP. CTC quantification provides a useful prognostic tool in the management of these patients.

Keyphrases

circulating tumor cells
end stage renal disease
circulating tumor
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
papillary thyroid
prognostic factors
squamous cell
young adults