Oncology & Cancer
New detector for rare cancer cells
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers in the US have developed a new detector for measuring rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in samples of whole blood.
News tagged with circulating tumor cells
Oncology & Cancer
Researchers develop strategy to non-invasively monitor key immune cells in tumors
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has developed a strategy to non-invasively track immune cells known as macrophages within brain and breast tumors in living mice. Cancers often recruit and reprogram these tumor-associated macrophages, ...
Oct 19, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds how prostate cancer cells mimic bone when they metastasize
Prostate cancer often becomes lethal as it spreads to the bones, and the process behind this deadly feature could potentially be turned against it as a target for bone-targeting radiation and potential new therapies.
May 28, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
From microfluidics to metastasis
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs)—an intermediate form of cancer cell between a primary and metastatic tumor cell—carry a treasure trove of information that is critical to treating cancer. Numerous engineering advancements ...
Jan 22, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify drug against the formation of metastasis
The most deadly aspect of breast cancer is metastasis, cancer cells spreading throughout the body. Researchers at the University and the University Hospital of Basel have now discovered a substance that suppresses the formation ...
Jan 10, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Cultured CTCs reveal genetic profile, potential drug susceptibility of breast cancer cells
Circulating tumor cells captured with a microchip-based device developed at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Engineering in Medicine and the MGH Cancer Center can be cultured to establish cell lines for ...
Jul 10, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Watching tumors burst through a blood vessel
Cancer cells metastasize in several stages—first by invading surrounding tissue, then by infiltrating and spreading via the circulatory system. Some circulating cells work their way out of the vascular network, eventually ...
Sep 20, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Tumor-activated protein promotes cancer spread
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center report that cancers physically alter cells in the lymphatic system – a network of vessels that transports and ...
May 13, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Metastasis stem cells in the blood of breast cancer patients discovered
Individual cancer cells that break away from the original tumor and circulate through the blood stream are considered responsible for the development of metastases. These dreaded secondary tumors are the main cause of cancer-related ...
Apr 22, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Signature of circulating breast tumor cells that spread to the brain found
Some breast tumor circulating cells in the bloodstream are marked by a constellation of biomarkers that identify them as those destined to seed the brain with a deadly spread of cancer, said researchers led by those at Baylor ...
Apr 10, 2013
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