Detection of circulating tumor cell subpopulations in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).

BACKGROUND:Since image based diagnostic tools fail to detect early metastasis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) it is crucial to develop minimal invasive diagnostic methods. A promising approach is to identify and characterize circulating tumor cells (CTC) in the peripheral blood of H...

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Main Authors: Patrick Weller, Ivonne Nel, Philipp Hassenkamp, Thomas Gauler, Anke Schlueter, Stephan Lang, Paulette Dountsop, Andreas-Claudius Hoffmann, Götz Lehnerdt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4257624?pdf=render