This paper reports a systematic study of the Capillary number (Ca) effect on cell viability in
Microfluidic Elasto-Filtration (MEF) devices for ex vivo circulating tumor cell (CTC) isolation …

Circulating tumor cell (CTC) isolation has made positive impacts on metastatic detection and
therapy analysis for cancer patients. Microfluidic-elasto-filtration (MEF) device based on the …

We present a systematic study of the Capillary number (Ca) effect on the capture efficiency
of cancer cells on a composite microfluidic filtration chip. By altering the Ca in microchip …

To increase the purity of isolated circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in microfiltration chips, the
depletion of leucocytes in human blood was systematically studied as a function of two …

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) separation technology has made positive impacts on cancer
science in many aspects. The ability of detecting and separating CTCs can play a key role in …

Aims: Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have significant diagnostic value for cancer patients.
We report a label-free, simple and rapid microchannel filter type device for isolation of …

Combining bioaffinity-based techniques with microfluidics is an effective strategy for the
selective isolation of rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) among peripheral blood cells. In this …

Circulating tumor cells have been implicated as potential seeds of cancer metastasis and
have strong prognostic and diagnostic value in cancer therapy. The primary challenge in …

We present a handheld device for the simple, stable, high-throughput, and viable circulating
tumor cell (CTC) isolation with the whole blood processing capacity of 3.3 ml/hr. The device …

Label-free, high-throughput, and efficient separation and enrichment of rare tumor cells,
such as circulating tumor cells (CTCs), from untreated whole blood is a challenging task …