Circulating Tumor-Cell-Associated White Blood Cell Clusters in Peripheral Blood Indicate Poor Prognosis in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Circulating Tumor-Cell-Associated White Blood Cell Clusters in Peripheral Blood Indicate Poor Prognosis in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Aim: Circulating tumor cells (CTC) are a precursor to metastasis in several types of cancer and are occasionally found in the bloodstream in association with immune cells, such as white blood cells (WBCs). CTC-associated WBC (CTC-WBC) clusters can promote CTC appreciation and metastasis, suggesting...

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Main Authors: Qiong Luo, Chunming Wang, Bangjian Peng, Xiaoyu Pu, Lei Cai, Hangyu Liao, Kunling Chen, Cheng Zhang, Yuan Cheng, Mingxin Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
CTC-WBC cluster
hepatocellular carcinoma
prognosis
Kaplan-Meier plot
circulating tumor cells
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2020.01758/full

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