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. 2014 Sep;4(9):981-2.
doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NB2014-117. Epub 2014 Jul 31.

CTCs could guide cancer therapy

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CTCs could guide cancer therapy

No authors listed. Cancer Discov. 2014 Sep.

Abstract

Using a microchip device, scientists were able to capture and culture circulating tumor cells for genetic analysis and drug testing, which identified new tumor mutations that were susceptible to targeted agents.

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    Ozkumur E, Shah AM, Ciciliano JC, Emmink BL, Miyamoto DT, Brachtel E, Yu M, Chen PI, Morgan B, Trautwein J, Kimura A, Sengupta S, Stott SL, Karabacak NM, Barber TA, Walsh JR, Smith K, Spuhler PS, Sullivan JP, Lee RJ, Ting DT, Luo X, Shaw AT, Bardia A, Sequist LV, Louis DN, Maheswaran S, Kapur R, Haber DA, Toner M. Ozkumur E, et al. Sci Transl Med. 2013 Apr 3;5(179):179ra47. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3005616. Sci Transl Med. 2013. PMID: 23552373 Free PMC article.

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