Detection of circulating tumor cells in patients with non–small cell lung cancer undergoing lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery: A potential hazard for intraoperative hematogenous tumor cell dissemination

Detection of circulating tumor cells as

Detection of circulating tumor cells as a prognostic factor in patients undergoing radical surgery for non-small-cell lung carcinoma: comparison of the efficacy of the CellSearch Assay™ and the isolation by size of epithelial tumor cell method

✍ Véronique Hofman; Marius I. Ilie; Elodie Long; Eric Selva; Christelle Bonnetaud; 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 553 KB

## Abstract Comparison of the efficacy of different enrichment methods for detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) before radical surgery is lacking in non‐small‐cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patients. Detection and enumeration of CTCs in 210 consecutive patients undergoing radical surgery for NS