Clinical efficacy and practicability analysis of circulating tumor cells / 实用肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

Circulating tumor cells(CTCs)are a special type of biomarker that can be used as a diagnostic tool to predict the prognosis of multiple tumors.At present,although circulating tumor cells have not been full clinically application,studies on circulating tumor cells have shown high clinical efficacy,especially in the fields of breast cancer,lung cancer,prostate cancer and colorectal canc-er.This article reviews the research progress of circulating tumor cells in metastatic cancer and non-metastatic cancer,analyzes the clinical efficacy and practicability of circulating tumor cells.