Early detection of cancer

D Crosby, S Bhatia, KM Brindle, LM Coussens, C Dive… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Survival improves when cancer is detected early. However,~ 50% of cancers are at an
advanced stage when diagnosed. Early detection of cancer or precancerous change allows …

Never travel alone: the crosstalk of circulating tumor cells and the blood microenvironment

S Heeke, B Mograbi, C Alix-Panabières, P Hofman - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Commonly, circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are described as source of metastasis in cancer
patients. However, in this process cancer cells of the primary tumor site need to survive the …

Clusters of circulating tumor cells traverse capillary-sized vessels

SH Au, BD Storey, JC Moore, Q Tang… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Multicellular aggregates of circulating tumor cells (CTC clusters) are potent initiators of
distant organ metastasis. However, it is currently assumed that CTC clusters are too large to …

Isolation of circulating tumor cells in non-small-cell-lung-cancer patients using a multi-flow microfluidic channel

J Zhou, A Kulasinghe, A Bogseth, K O'Byrne… - Microsystems & …, 2019 - nature.com
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) carry a wealth of information on primary and metastatic
tumors critical for precise cancer detection, monitoring, and treatment. Numerous …

Poor prognosis indicated by venous circulating tumor cell clusters in early-stage lung cancers

V Murlidhar, RM Reddy, S Fouladdel, L Zhao… - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
Early detection of metastasis can be aided by circulating tumor cells (CTC), which also show
potential to predict early relapse. Because of the limited CTC numbers in peripheral blood in …

Future cancer research priorities in the USA: a Lancet Oncology Commission

EM Jaffee, C Van Dang, DB Agus… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
We are in the midst of a technological revolution that is providing new insights into human
biology and cancer. In this era of big data, we are amassing large amounts of information …

Advancing biomedical imaging

R Weissleder, M Nahrendorf - Proceedings of the National …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Imaging reveals complex structures and dynamic interactive processes, located deep inside
the body, that are otherwise difficult to decipher. Numerous imaging modalities harness …

The beginning of the end for conventional RECIST—novel therapies require novel imaging approaches

M Gerwing, K Herrmann, A Helfen… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2019 - nature.com
Owing to improvements in our understanding of the biological principles of tumour initiation
and progression, a wide variety of novel targeted therapies have been developed …

The prognostic role of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in lung cancer

J Kapeleris, A Kulasinghe, ME Warkiani, I Vela… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Lung cancer affects over 1. 8 million people worldwide and is the leading cause of cancer
related mortality globally. Currently, diagnosis of lung cancer involves a combination of …

High-throughput label-free isolation of heterogeneous circulating tumor cells and CTC clusters from non-small-cell lung cancer patients

M Zeinali, M Lee, A Nadhan, A Mathur, C Hedman… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Circulating tumor cell (CTC) clusters are emerging as clinically significant
harbingers of metastases in solid organ cancers. Prior to engaging these CTC clusters in …