Enrichment and detection of circulating tumor cells and its application in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma / 中华耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Circulating tumor cells are tumor cells from the primary tumor or metastatic tumor to fall off into the circulatory system. They are closely related to the recurrence and metastasis of tumor. Detection of circulating tumor cells as a "liquid biopsy" , to get the tumor information through non-invasive sampling method. It has the advantages of short time of tumor diagnosis, repeatable operation, and has gradually replaced the traditional biopsy. In this paper, the enrichment and detection of circulating tumor cells and its application in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma were reviewed.