3D microfilter device for viable circulating tumor cell (CTC) enrichment from blood

Fluorescence detection and depletion of

Fluorescence detection and depletion of T47D breast cancer cells from human mononuclear cell-enriched blood preparations by photodynamic treatment: Basic in vitro experiments towards the removal of circulating tumor cells

✍ Verena G. Ziegler; Julia Knaup; Dorothea Stahl; Barbara Krammer; Kristjan Plaetz 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 597 KB

Objectives: A major obstacle for permanent cancer eradication is the persistence of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in blood, which often escape radio-or chemotherapy. Currently no efficient strategy to remove CTCs from peripheral blood in order to lower the risk of metastases or tumor recurrence exi