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Published in: Breast Cancer Research 4/2010

01-08-2010 | Meeting report

What's new on circulating tumor cells? A meeting report

Authors: Evi S Lianidou, Dimitris Mavroudis, Georgia Sotiropoulou, Sophia Agelaki, Klaus Pantel

Published in: Breast Cancer Research | Issue 4/2010

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Abstract

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) provide unique information for the management of cancer patients. The 7th International Symposium on Minimal Residual Cancer has focused on state of the art research, including exciting advances in understanding the biology of metastasis, CTCs and tumor dormancy. Particular emphasis was placed on the relationship of CTCs to cancer stem cells (CSCs) and the relevance of most recent findings for the development of new targeted therapies. CTCs were evaluated as promising tumor biomarkers and the design and results of the first clinical trials to determine their clinical utility were discussed together with state of the art technology platforms for CTC imaging, detection, quantification and molecular characterization. A liquid biopsy approach that can be used for prognostic and predictive purposes was proposed for the analysis of CTCs.
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Metadata
Title
What's new on circulating tumor cells? A meeting report
Authors
Evi S Lianidou
Dimitris Mavroudis
Georgia Sotiropoulou
Sophia Agelaki
Klaus Pantel
Publication date
01-08-2010
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Breast Cancer Research / Issue 4/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr2601

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