Liquid Biopsies in Solid Tumors

This volume, with chapters written by experts in the field of cancerous tumors, details the key factors associated with liquid biopsies in solid tumors: blood-based diagnostics; circulating tumor cells; enumeration and molecular analysis (association with breast cancer); epithelialmesenchymal transi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Cristofanilli, Massimo (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press, 2017.
SeriesCancer Drug Discovery and Development,
Subjects
Medicine.
Cancer research.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319509563
ISSN2196-9906
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-50956-3
Physical DescriptionX, 161 p. 14 illus., 12 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1.Blood-based diagnostics in solid tumors: an overview
  • 2.Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in primary disease: the seed for metastasis
  • 3.Enumeration and molecular analysis of CTCs in metastatic disease: The breast cancer model
  • 4.Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) and cancer stem cells (CSCs): The traveling metastasis
  • 5.Detection and monitoring of circulating immune cells in solid tumors: shifting priorities
  • 6.Circulating-free tumor DNA (ctDNA): the real-time liquid biopsy
  • 7.CTCs and ctDNA: two tales of a complex biology
  • 8.Exosome: decoding the messaging system.

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