Circulating Tumor Cells

Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation

Hanahan, D., & Weinberg, R. A. (2011) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2011.02.013 · Cited by 66,590

The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Generates Cells with Properties of Stem Cells

Mani, S. A., Guo, W., Liao, M.-J., Eaton, E. N., Ayyanan, A., Zhou, A. Y., Brooks, M. W., Reinhard, F., Zhang, C. C., Shipitsin, M. V., et al. (2008) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2008.03.027 · Cited by 8,839

A Perspective on Cancer Cell Metastasis

Chaffer, C. L., & Weinberg, R. A. (2011) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1203543 · Cited by 4,905

Circulating Tumor Cells, Disease Progression, and Survival in Metastatic Breast Cancer

Cristofanilli, M., Budd, G. T., Ellis, M. J., Stopeck, A., Matera, J., Miller, M. C., Reuben, J. M., Doyle, G. V., Allard, W. J., Terstappen, L. W. M. M., et al. (2004) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmoa040766 · Cited by 4,602

Dissemination and growth of cancer cells in metastatic sites

Chambers, A. F., Groom, A. C., & MacDonald, I. C. (2002) · Nature reviews. Cancer · doi:10.1038/nrc865 · Cited by 4,018

Circulating Breast Tumor Cells Exhibit Dynamic Changes in Epithelial and Mesenchymal Composition

Yu, M., Bardia, A., Wittner, B. S., Stott, S. L., Smas, M. E., Ting, D. T., Isakoff, S. J., Ciciliano, J. C., Wells, M. N., Shah, A. M., et al. (2013) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1228522 · Cited by 2,476

Circulating Tumor Cells Predict Survival Benefit from Treatment in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Bono, J. S. D., Scher, H. I., Montgomery, B., Parker, C. C., Miller, M. C., Tissing, H., Doyle, G. V., Terstappen, L. W. M. M., Pienta, K. J., & Raghavan, D. (2008) · Clinical Cancer Research · doi:10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-08-0872 · Cited by 2,189

EMT and Dissemination Precede Pancreatic Tumor Formation

Rhim, A. D., Mirek, E. T., Aiello, N. M., Maitra, A., Bailey, J. M., McAllister, F., Reichert, M., Beatty, G. L., Rustgi, A. K., Vonderheide, R. H., et al. (2012) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2011.11.025 · Cited by 2,136

Relationship of Circulating Tumor Cells to Tumor Response, Progression-Free Survival, and Overall Survival in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Cohen, S. J., Punt, C. J. A., Iannotti, N. O., Saidman, B. H., Sabbath, K. D., Gabrail, N. Y., Picus, J., Morse, M., Mitchell, E. P., Miller, M. C., et al. (2008) · Journal of Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1200/jco.2007.15.8923 · Cited by 1,872

Isolation of circulating tumor cells using a microvortex-generating herringbone-chip

Stott, S. L., Hsu, C., Tsukrov, D. I., Yu, M., Miyamoto, D. T., Waltman, B. A., Rothenberg, S. M., Shah, A. M., Smas, M. E., Korir, G. K., et al. (2010) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1012539107 · Cited by 1,657

Development of suspension cell culture model to mimic circulating tumor cells

Park, J. Y., Jeong, A. L., Joo, H. J., Han, S., Kim, S.-H., Kim, H., Lim, J., Lee, M., Choi, H., & Yang, Y. D. (2017) · Oncotarget · doi:10.18632/oncotarget.23079 · Cited by 29

Recent Advances and Perspectives in Microfluidics‐Based Single‐Cell Biosensing Techniques

He, J., Brimmo, A. T., Qasaimeh, M. A., Chen, P., & Chen, W. (2017) · Small Methods · doi:10.1002/smtd.201700192 · Cited by 28

Flexible Three-Dimensional Net for Intravascular Fishing of Circulating Tumor Cells

Cheng, S., Wang, M., Zhang, C., Chen, M., Wang, Y., Tian, S., Zhan, N., Dong, W., Xie, M., & Huang, W. (2020) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00203 · Cited by 28

TPX2 Promotes Metastasis and Serves as a Marker of Poor Prognosis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Zhou, F., Wang, M., Aibaidula, M., Zhang, Z., Aihemaiti, A., Aili, R., Chen, H., Dong, S., Wei, W., & Maimaitiaili, A. (2020) · Medical Science Monitor · doi:10.12659/msm.925147 · Cited by 28

Keratin 19 maintains E-cadherin localization at the cell surface and stabilizes cell-cell adhesion of MCF7 cells

Alsharif, S., Sharma, P., Bursch, K. L., Milliken, R., Lam, V. K., Fallatah, A., Phan, T., Collins, M., Dohlman, P., Tiufekchiev, S., et al. (2021) · Cell Adhesion & Migration · doi:10.1080/19336918.2020.1868694 · Cited by 29

Detection of cancer cells in whole blood using a dynamic deformable microfilter and a nucleic acid aptamer

Fukuyama, S., Kumamoto, S., Nagano, S., Hitotsuya, S., Yasuda, K., Kitamura, Y., Iwatsuki, M., Baba, H., Ihara, T., NAKANISHI, Y., et al. (2021) · Talanta · doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122239 · Cited by 28

Capture and biological release of circulating tumor cells in pancreatic cancer based on peptide-functionalized silicon nanowire substrate

Shen, Q., Yang, H., Peng, C., Zhu, H., Mei, J., Huang, S. H., Chen, B., Liu, J., Wu, W., & Cao, S. (2018) · International Journal of Nanomedicine · doi:10.2147/ijn.s187892 · Cited by 28

Designer tetrahedral DNA framework-based microfluidic technology for multivalent capture and release of circulating tumor cells

Wang, C.-G., Xu, Y., Li, S.-N., Zhou, Y., Qian, Q., Liu, Y., & Mi, X.-Q. (2022) · Materials Today Bio · doi:10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100346 · Cited by 29

Modulation of cellular bioenergetics by CO-releasing molecules and NO-donors inhibits the interaction of cancer cells with human lung microvascular endothelial cells

Stojak, M., Kaczara, P., Motterlini, R., & Chłopicki, S. (2018) · Pharmacological Research · doi:10.1016/j.phrs.2018.09.005 · Cited by 27

Designing a nanoparticle-containing polymeric substrate for detecting cancer cells by computer simulations

Huang, L., Yu, Y.-S., Lu, X., Ding, H., & Ma, Y. (2018) · Nanoscale · doi:10.1039/c8nr06340k · Cited by 26

Size- and deformability-based isolation of circulating tumor cells with microfluidic chips and their applications in clinical studies

Chen, H., Zhang, Z., & Wang, B. (2018) · AIP Advances · doi:10.1063/1.5072769 · Cited by 27

Diagnostic Clinical Trials in Breast Cancer Brain Metastases: Barriers and Innovations

Fares, J., Kanojia, D., Rashidi, A., Ahmed, A. U., Balyasnikova, I. V., & Lesniak, M. S. (2019) · Clinical Breast Cancer · doi:10.1016/j.clbc.2019.05.018 · Cited by 27

Cell free circulating tumor nucleic acids, a revolution in personalized cancer medicine

Kerachian, M. A., Poudineh, A., & Thiery, J. P. (2019) · Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology · doi:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.102827 · Cited by 27

Highly Correlated Recurrence Prognosis in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer by Synergistic Consideration of Circulating Tumor Cells/Microemboli and Tumor Markers CEA/CA19-9

Chu, H.-Y., Yang, C., Yeh, P.-H., Hsu, C.-J., Chang, L.-W., Chan, W., Lin, C., Lyu, Y.-Y., Wu, W.-C., Lee, C., et al. (2021) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells10051149 · Cited by 27

Homogeneous two-dimensional visual and fluorescence analysis of circulating tumor cells in clinical samples via steric hindrance regulated enzymes recognition cleavage and elongation

Chen, P., He, Y., Liu, T., Li, F., Huang, K., Tang, D., Jiang, P., Wang, S., Zhou, J., Huang, J. L., et al. (2022) · Biosensors and Bioelectronics · doi:10.1016/j.bios.2022.114009 · Cited by 28

AuNPs and 2D functional nanomaterial-assisted SPR development for the cancer detection: a critical review

Chen, C., Wang, K., & Luo, L. (2022) · Cancer Nanotechnology · doi:10.1186/s12645-022-00138-7 · Cited by 29

Potential clinical applications of circulating cell-free DNA in ovarian cancer patients

Barbosa, A. P. F., Peixoto, A., Pinto, P., Pinheiro, M., & Teixeira, M. R. (2018) · Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine · doi:10.1017/erm.2018.5 · Cited by 27

Creating a capture zone in microfluidic flow greatly enhances the throughput and efficiency of cancer detection

Sun, M., Xu, J., Shamul, J. G., Lu, X., Husain, S., & He, X. (2019) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.01.014 · Cited by 27

Technologies for analysis of circulating tumour DNA: Progress and promise

Zou, Z., Qi, P., Qing, Z., Zheng, J., Yang, S., Chen, W., & Yang, R. (2017) · TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.trac.2017.08.004 · Cited by 25

The combination of computed tomography features and circulating tumor cells increases the surgical prediction of visceral pleural invasion in clinical T1N0M0 lung adenocarcinoma

Shi, J., Li, F., Yang, F., Dong, Z., Jiang, Y., Nachira, D., Chałubińska‐Fendler, J., Sio, T. T.-W., Kawaguchi, Y., Takizawa, H., et al. (2021) · Translational Lung Cancer Research · doi:10.21037/tlcr-21-896 · Cited by 26

An emerging micro-scale immuno-analytical diagnostic tool to see the unseen. Holding promise for precision medicine and P4 medicine

Guzman, N. A., & Guzman, D. E. (2015) · Journal of Chromatography B · doi:10.1016/j.jchromb.2015.11.026 · Cited by 26

Advances in genomic characterization of circulating tumor cells

Magbanua, M. J. M., & Park, J. W. (2014) · Cancer and Metastasis Reviews · doi:10.1007/s10555-014-9503-7 · Cited by 25

Clinical implications of cancer stem cells in digestive cancers: acquisition of stemness and prognostic impact

Tsunedomi, R., Yoshimura, K., Suzuki, N., Hazama, S., & Nagano, H. (2020) · Surgery Today · doi:10.1007/s00595-020-01968-x · Cited by 25

Cluster circulating tumor cells in surgical cases of lung cancer

Sawabata, N., Susaki, Y., Nakamura, T., Kawaguchi, T., Yasukawa, M., & Taniguchi, S. (2020) · General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · doi:10.1007/s11748-020-01308-3 · Cited by 25

Biomimetic nanomedicine toward personalized disease theranostics

Hao, H., Chen, Y., & Wu, M. (2020) · Nano Research · doi:10.1007/s12274-020-3265-z · Cited by 24

Oligonucleotide-based biosensors for in vitro diagnostics and environmental hazard detection

Jung, I. Y., Lee, E. H., Suh, A. Y., Lee, S. J., & Lee, H. (2016) · Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry · doi:10.1007/s00216-015-9212-2 · Cited by 25

S-nitrosocaptopril interrupts adhesion of cancer cells to vascular endothelium by suppressing cell adhesion molecules via inhibition of the NF-кB and JAK/STAT signal pathways in endothelial cells

Lian, S., Lu, Y., Cheng, Y., Yu, T., Xie, X., Liang, H., Ye, Y., & Jia, L. (2016) · European Journal of Pharmacology · doi:10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.08.018 · Cited by 25

Sampling circulating tumor cells for clinical benefits: how frequent?

Leong, S. M., Tan, K. M. L., Chua, H. W., Tan, D. S. W., Jumaat, D. F., Osmany, S., Li, M., Tucker, S. J., & Koay, E. S. (2015) · Journal of Hematology & Oncology · doi:10.1186/s13045-015-0174-9 · Cited by 25

Therapeutic Strategies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: New Advances and Challenges

Vilarinho, S., & Taddei, T. H. (2015) · Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology · doi:10.1007/s11938-015-0049-8 · Cited by 24

The Role and Therapeutic Targeting of CCR5 in Breast Cancer

Hamid, R., Alaziz, M., Mahal, A. S., Ashton, A. W., Halama, N., Jaeger, D., Jiao, X., & Pestell, R. G. (2023) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells12182237 · Cited by 28

Invasion and metastasis—recent advances and future challenges

Chambers, A. F., & Werb, Z. (2015) · Journal of Molecular Medicine · doi:10.1007/s00109-015-1269-z · Cited by 23

Nanomaterials in microfluidics for disease diagnosis and therapy development

Zhang, J., & Misra, R. D. K. (2018) · Materials Technology · doi:10.1080/10667857.2018.1527803 · Cited by 23

An integrated platform for the capture of circulating tumor cells and in situ SERS profiling of membrane proteins through rational spatial organization of multi-functional cyclic RGD nanopatterns

Dong, H. Y., Yao, D., Zhou, Q., Zhang, L., & Tian, Y. (2019) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/c8cc09108k · Cited by 23

Magnetic-assisted self-assembled aptamer/protein hybrid probes for efficient capture and rapid detection of cancer cells in whole blood

Ding, L., Wu, Y., Liu, W., Liu, L., Yu, F., Yu, S., Tian, Y., Feng, J., & He, L. (2019) · Talanta · doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2019.120129 · Cited by 23

Detection of Circulating Tumor-Related Materials by Aptamer Capturing and Endogenous Enzyme-Signal Amplification

Shen, L., Jia, K., Bing, T., Zhang, Z., Zhen, X., Liu, X., Zhang, N., & Shangguan, D. (2020) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00051 · Cited by 23

A microfluidic-based filtration system to enrich for bone marrow disseminated tumor cells from breast cancer patients

Pillai, S. G., Siddappa, C. M., Ma, C. X., Snider, J., Kaushal, M., Watson, M. A., & Aft, R. (2021) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0246139 · Cited by 23

Programmable materials for efficient CTCs isolation: From micro/nanotechnology to biomimicry

Hou, J., Liu, X., & Zhou, S. (2021) · Open Research (University of Surrey) · doi:10.1002/viw.20200023 · Cited by 23

Photodynamic therapy reduces metastasis of breast cancer by minimizing circulating tumor cells

Weng, X., Wei, D., Yang, Z., Pang, W., Pang, K., Gu, B., & Wei, X. (2021) · Biomedical Optics Express · doi:10.1364/boe.429947 · Cited by 23

Advances in the enzymatic biofuel cell powered sensing systems for tumor diagnosis and regulation

Wang, L., Zhang, J., Wu, X., & Zhu, J. (2021) · TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.trac.2021.116476 · Cited by 23

Smartphone-assisted lab-in-a-tube device using gold nanocluster-based aptasensor for detection of MUC1-overexpressed tumor cells

Sanati, A., Esmaeili, Y., Khavani, M., Bidram, E., Rahimi, A., Dabiri, A., Rafienia, M., Jolfaie, N. A., Mofrad, M. R. K., Javanmard, S. H., et al. (2023) · Analytica Chimica Acta · doi:10.1016/j.aca.2023.341017 · Cited by 23

Circulating Tumor Cells Enriched by the Depletion of Leukocytes with Bi-Antibodies in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Potential Clinical Application

Yin, J., Wang, Y., Yin, H., Chen, W., Jin, G., Ma, H., Dai, J., Chen, J., Jiang, Y., Wang, H., et al. (2015) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137076 · Cited by 23

Exosomes Derived from Breast Cancer Cells, Small Trojan Horses?

Villagrasa, A., Alvarez, P. J., Osuna, A., Garrido, J. M., Aránega, A., & Rodríguez‐Serrano, F. (2014) · Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia · doi:10.1007/s10911-015-9332-5 · Cited by 24

DNAzyme and controllable cholesterol stacking DNA machine integrates dual-target recognition CTCs enable homogeneous liquid biopsy of breast cancer

Liu, W., Wang, Y., Jiang, P., Huang, K., Zhang, H., Chen, J., & Chen, P. (2024) · Biosensors and Bioelectronics · doi:10.1016/j.bios.2024.116493 · Cited by 22

Role of TGF-β receptor III localization in polarity and breast cancer progression

Meyer, A. E., Gatza, C. E., How, T., Starr, M. D., Nixon, A., & Blobe, G. (2014) · Molecular Biology of the Cell · doi:10.1091/mbc.e14-03-0825 · Cited by 19

Androgen receptor expression on circulating tumor cells in metastatic breast cancer

Fujii, T., Reuben, J. M., Huo, L., Fernández, J. R. E., Gong, Y., Krupa, R., Suraneni, M. V., Graf, R. P., Lee, J. S. H., Greene, S. B., et al. (2017) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185231 · Cited by 22

PdIrBP mesoporous nanospheres combined with superconductive carbon black for the electrochemical determination and collection of circulating tumor cells

Yang, P., Peng, Y., Tang, S., Shen, H., Sheng, S., Wang, Y., Wang, T., Cai, J., Xie, G., & Feng, W. (2020) · Microchimica Acta · doi:10.1007/s00604-020-4213-z · Cited by 22

A Comprehensive Review of the Potential Role of Liquid Biopsy as a Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Predictive Biomarker in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Stosic, K., Senar, O. A., Tarfouss, J., Bouchart, C., Navez, J., Laethem, J. V., & Arsenijevic, T. (2023) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells13010003 · Cited by 22

Evolving Personalized Therapy for Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Liu, H.-H., Tsai, Y., Lai, C., Tang, C., Lai, C., Wu, H., Hsieh, J., & Yang, C.-R. (2014) · Biomedicine · doi:10.7603/s40681-014-0002-5 · Cited by 23

Highly efficient capture of cancer cells expressing EGFR by microfluidic methods based on antigen-antibody association

Ohnaga, T., Takei, Y., Nagata, T., & Shimada, Y. (2018) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-018-30511-9 · Cited by 22

Versatile exclusion-based sample preparation platform for integrated rare cell isolation and analyte extraction

Pezzi, H. M., Guckenberger, D. J., Schehr, J. L., Rothbauer, J., Stahlfeld, C. N., Singh, A., Horn, S., Schultz, Z. D., Bade, R. M., Sperger, J. M., et al. (2018) · Lab on a Chip · doi:10.1039/c8lc00620b · Cited by 22

Motion-based coherent optical imaging in heavily scattering random media

Luo, Q., Newman, J. A., & Webb, K. J. (2019) · Optics Letters · doi:10.1364/ol.44.002716 · Cited by 22

A microfluidic device for label-free isolation of tumor cell clusters from unprocessed blood samples

Kamyabi, N., Huang, J. H., Lee, J. J., Bernard, V., Semaan, A., Stephens, B. M., Hurd, M. W., Vanapalli, S. A., Maitra, A., & Guerrero, P. A. (2019) · Biomicrofluidics · doi:10.1063/1.5111888 · Cited by 22

Liquid Biomarkers for Pediatric Brain Tumors: Biological Features, Advantages and Perspectives

Madlener, S., & Gojo, J. (2020) · Journal of Personalized Medicine · doi:10.3390/jpm10040254 · Cited by 22

Deep tissue volumetric optoacoustic tracking of individual circulating tumor cells in an intracardially perfused mouse model

Deán‐Ben, X. L., Weidenfeld, I., Degtyaruk, O., Ntziachristos, V., Stiel, A. C., & Razansky, D. (2020) · Neoplasia · doi:10.1016/j.neo.2020.06.008 · Cited by 21

Biomolecules-mediated electrochemical signals of Cu2+: Y-DNA nanomachines enable homogeneous rapid one-step assay of lung cancer circulating tumor cells

Wu, C., Li, Y., Zhan, Z., Qu, R., Wang, Y., Zeng, X., Yang, H., Feng, P., Wei, Z., & Chen, P. (2024) · Biosensors and Bioelectronics · doi:10.1016/j.bios.2024.116030 · Cited by 21

Electrochemical aptamer-based biosensing of glycan-conjugated targets

Lv, J., Wan, J., Wu, D., Ye, Z., Tian, Y., Hong, M., Chen, S., Liu, Y., Wang, M., Hu, Q., et al. (2024) · Biomedical Analysis · doi:10.1016/j.bioana.2023.12.003 · Cited by 21

Wnt signaling in bone metastasis: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

Li, X., Yang, J., Bao, M., Zeng, K., Fu, S., Wang, C., & Ye, L. (2018) · Life Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.lfs.2018.06.036 · Cited by 21

Active Microfluidic Platforms for Particle Separation and Integrated Sensing Applications

Zhang, T., Zhou, T., Cui, Q., Feng, X., Feng, S., Li, M., Yang, Y., Hosokawa, Y., Tian, G., Shen, A. Q., et al. (2025) · ACS Sensors · doi:10.1021/acssensors.5c01896 · Cited by 24

Identification of the target protein of the metastatic colorectal cancer-specific aptamer W3 as a biomarker by aptamer-based target cells sorting and functional characterization

Li, W., Wu, C., Wang, S., Zhou, L., Qiao, L., Ba, W., Liu, F., Zhan, L., Chen, H., Yu, J., et al. (2022) · Biosensors and Bioelectronics · doi:10.1016/j.bios.2022.114451 · Cited by 20

FSCV/ECL dual-mode detection of circulating tumor cells based on multi-functionalized 2D bionanomaterials

Zhou, H., You, L., Zhang, J., Hao, T., Gao, W., Xie, J., Wu, Y., Hu, Y., Wang, S., & Guo, Z. (2023) · Sensors and Actuators B Chemical · doi:10.1016/j.snb.2023.134013 · Cited by 20

Proof of concept for inhibiting metastasis: circulating tumor cell-triggered localized release of anticancer agent via a structure-switching aptamer

Chen, N., Yang, X., Wang, Q., Jian, L., Shi, H., Qin, S., Wang, K., Huang, J. L., & Liu, W. (2016) · Chemical Communications · doi:10.1039/c6cc02374f · Cited by 20

Circulating Tumor Cells and Circulating Tumor DNA Provide New Insights into Pancreatic Cancer

Gao, Y., Zhu, Y., & Yuan, Z. (2016) · International Journal of Medical Sciences · doi:10.7150/ijms.16734 · Cited by 21

Ethanol-dispersed and antibody-conjugated polymer nanofibers for the selective capture and 3-dimensional culture of EpCAM-positive cells

Yoon, J., Yoon, H.-S., Shin, Y., Kim, S.-H., Ju, Y., Kim, J., & Chung, S. H. (2017) · Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.nano.2017.02.015 · Cited by 20

Zebrafish Xenograft: An Evolutionary Experiment in Tumour Biology

Wyatt, R. A., Trieu, N., & Crawford, B. D. (2017) · Genes · doi:10.3390/genes8090220 · Cited by 20

Label-Free Biochips for Accurate Detection of Prostate Cancer in the Clinic: Dual Biomarkers and Circulating Tumor Cells

Pan, L.-H., Pang, S., Fang, P.-Y., Chuang, C., & Yang, H. (2017) · Theranostics · doi:10.7150/thno.21092 · Cited by 20

Circulation patterns and seed-soil compatibility factors cooperate to cause cancer organ-specific metastasis

Lu, Y., Lian, S., Cheng, Y., Ye, Y., Xie, X., Fu, C., Zhang, C., Zhu, Y., Parker, M. I., & Jia, L. (2018) · Experimental Cell Research · doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2018.12.015 · Cited by 20

A filter-flow perspective of haematogenous metastasis offers a non-genetic paradigm for personalised cancer therapy

Scott, J. G., Fletcher, A. G., Maini, P. K., Anderson, A. R. A., & Gerlee, P. (2014) · European Journal of Cancer · doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2014.08.019 · Cited by 20

Warfarin and coumarin-like Murraya paniculata extract down-regulate EpCAM-mediated cell adhesion: individual components versus mixture for studying botanical metastatic chemopreventives

Shao, J., Zhou, S., Zhou, J., Chi, T., Ma, J., Kuo, M., Lee, A. Y., & Jia, L. (2016) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep30549 · Cited by 20

Molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: potential diagnostic and prognostic significance in clinical practice

Zhao, X., Ma, Y., Dong, X. R., Zhang, Z., Tian, X., Zhao, X., & Yang, Y. (2021) · HepatoBiliary Surgery and Nutrition · doi:10.21037/hbsn-20-383 · Cited by 19

Preoperative Folate Receptor-Positive Circulating Tumor Cells Are Associated With Occult Peritoneal Metastasis and Early Recurrence in Gastric Cancer Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study

Zeng, C. D. D., Jin, C., Gao, C., Xiao, A. T., Tong, Y. X., & Zhang, S. (2022) · Frontiers in Oncology · doi:10.3389/fonc.2022.769203 · Cited by 19

Multi‐Targeting Nano‐Systems Targeting Heterogeneous Cancer Cells for Therapeutics and Biomarker Detection

Ren, X., Han, D., He, X., Guo, T., Chen, X., Pang, X., & Cheng, S. (2022) · Advanced Healthcare Materials · doi:10.1002/adhm.202202155 · Cited by 19

Exosome-Based Liquid Biopsy Approaches in Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Review of the Literature, Prospectives, and Hopes for Clinical Application

Agnoletto, C., Pignochino, Y., Caruso, C., & Garofalo, C. (2023) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms24065159 · Cited by 22

Phenotyping neuroblastoma cells through intelligent scrutiny of stain-free biomarkers in holographic flow cytometry

Pirone, D., Montella, A., Sirico, D. G., Mugnano, M., del Giudice, D., Kurelac, I., Tirelli, M., Iolascon, A., Bianco, V., Memmolo, P., et al. (2023) · APL Bioengineering · doi:10.1063/5.0159399 · Cited by 19

Liquid biopsy for early detection of lung cancer

Bibikova, M. V., & Fan, J. (2023) · Chinese Medical Journal - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.pccm.2023.08.005 · Cited by 25

Ultrasensitive detection of circulating tumor cells in clinical blood samples by a three-dimensional network nanovehicle-based aptasensor platform

Kou, Q., Yuan, H., Zhao, G., Li, Q., Zhang, J., Li, M., Li, S., Zhao, M., Zhang, K., Pu, G., et al. (2023) · Sensors and Actuators B Chemical · doi:10.1016/j.snb.2023.135172 · Cited by 19

Gemcitabine inhibits the micrometastasis of non-small cell lung cancer by targeting the EpCAM-positive circulating tumor cells via the HGF/cMET pathway

LIAO, Z. J., Guo, Y., Zhao, Z., Yao, J., Xu, R., & NAN, K. J. (2014) · International Journal of Oncology · doi:10.3892/ijo.2014.2464 · Cited by 19

Passivated‐electrode insulator‐based dielectrophoretic separation of heterogeneous cell mixtures

Kikkeri, K., Kerr, B. A., Bertke, A. S., Strobl, J. S., & Agah, M. (2020) · Journal of Separation Science · doi:10.1002/jssc.201900553 · Cited by 19

Circulating Tumor Cell Isolation: A Marathon Race Worth Running

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