Deformability of Tumor Cells versus Blood Cells

The potential for circulating tumor cells (CTCs) to elucidate the process of cancer metastasis and inform clinical decision-making has made their isolation of great importance. However, CTCs are rare in the blood, and universal properties with which to identify them remain elusive. As technological...

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Main Authors: Byun, Sangwon, Begum, Shahinoor, Miyamoto, David T., Maheswaran, Shyamala, Stott, Shannon L., Toner, Mehmet, Hecht, Vivian Chaya, Hynes, Richard O, Manalis, Scott R, Shaw, Josephine
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100904
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