Research advances in detection of carcinoma cells in peripheral blood and its clinical significance / 中国癌症杂志

ABSTRACT

The detection of carcinoma cells in peripheral blood by ICC and RT PCR is now being paid more and more attention by the clinicians. It can use to recognize the characteristic of metastases, improve the tumor staging, judge the prognosis, establish the treatment scheme and follow up the effects. The most frequent methods being used now are ICC and RT PCR. The tumor specific markers as the majority sample chosen included, specific protein, antigen and gene ect.