Clinical application of circulating tumor cells in breast cancer / 临床外科杂志

Recurrence and metastasis is the main cause of death in breast cancer patients. Early detection and treatment of malignant breast cancer cells and metastasis are the hotspots of current resear-ches. The discovery of circulating tumor cells(CTC)may provide new ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Detection of CTC will help the early detection of micrometastasis,the guidance of individ-ual treatment,and the evaluation of therapeutic effect and prognosis. Domestic and foreign research pro-gress of CTC was reviewed in this paper.