Novel microfluidic approaches to circulating tumor cell separation and sorting of blood cells: A review

The separation of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) that originate from tumor or cancer tissue plays an important role in cancer diagnostics, progression analyses, and treatment proficiency. Cancer metastasis occurs when CTCs spread throughout the body and invade healthy tissues, which leads to new tum...

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Main Authors: A. Farahinia, W.J. Zhang, I. Badea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468217921000198