Not exact matches
Tumor cells circulating through the body in the bloodstream
then take advantage of these cellular and molecular changes to lodge in the liver and form metastases.
Berkeley researchers isolated
circulating tumor cells from the blood of breast cancer patients,
then used microscale physics to design a precision test for protein biomarkers, which are indicators of cancer.
The Berkeley researchers
then analyzed each
circulating tumor cell for the specific panel of cancer proteins.
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Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have been shed by the original
tumor and entered the bloodstream — they can
then form into new
tumors if they lodge in distant tissue,» Wang says.