EMT transition states during tumor progression and metastasis

I Pastushenko, C Blanpain - Trends in cell biology, 2019 - cell.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process in which epithelial cells acquire
mesenchymal features. In cancer, EMT is associated with tumor initiation, invasion …

Hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal phenotypes promote metastasis and therapy resistance across carcinomas

MK Jolly, JA Somarelli, M Sheth, A Biddle… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer metastasis and therapy resistance are the major unsolved clinical challenges, and
account for nearly all cancer-related deaths. Both metastasis and therapy resistance are …

Circulating biomarkers in patients with glioblastoma

J Müller Bark, A Kulasinghe, B Chua, BW Day… - British journal of …, 2020 - nature.com
Gliomas are the most common tumours of the central nervous system and the most
aggressive form is glioblastoma (GBM). Despite advances in treatment, patient survival …

Heterogeneity in circulating tumor cells: the relevance of the stem-cell subset

C Agnoletto, F Corrà, L Minotti, F Baldassari, F Crudele… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The release of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) into vasculature is an early event in the
metastatic process. The analysis of CTCs in patients has recently received widespread …

Novel prognostic clinical factors and biomarkers for outcome prediction in head and neck cancer: a systematic review

V Budach, I Tinhofer - The Lancet Oncology, 2019 - thelancet.com
Current algorithms for the clinical management of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of
the head and neck (HNSCC) are based on a stage-dependent strategy where all patients at …

Recent advances in microfluidic platforms applied in cancer metastasis: Circulating tumor cells'(CTCs) isolation and tumor‐on‐a‐chip

Z Lin, G Luo, W Du, T Kong, C Liu, Z Liu - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer remains the leading cause of death worldwide despite the enormous efforts that are
made in the development of cancer biology and anticancer therapeutic treatment …

Liquid biopsy in oral cancer

F Lousada-Fernandez, O Rapado-Gonzalez… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Oral cancer is one of the most prevalent forms of cancer worldwide. Carcinogenesis is a
complex process, in which heterogeneity plays an important role in the development and …

The prognostic significance of circulating tumor cells in head and neck and non‐small‐cell lung cancer

A Kulasinghe, J Kapeleris, R Kimberley… - Cancer …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor biopsy is the gold standard for the assessment of clinical biomarkers for treatment.
However, tumors change dynamically in response to therapy, and there remains a need for …

Circulating tumour DNA alterations: emerging biomarker in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

X Huang, PHG Duijf, S Sriram, G Perera… - Journal of biomedical …, 2023 - Springer
Head and Neck cancers (HNC) are a heterogeneous group of upper aero-digestive tract
cancer and account for 931,922 new cases and 467,125 deaths worldwide. About 90% of …

Capture of circulating tumour cell clusters using straight microfluidic chips

A Kulasinghe, J Zhou, L Kenny, I Papautsky… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Circulating tumour cells (CTCs) are the metastatic precursors to distant disease in head and
neck cancers (HNCs). Whilst the prognostic and predictive value of single CTCs have been …