Integrating liquid biopsies into the management of cancer

G Siravegna, S Marsoni, S Siena… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2017 - nature.com
During cancer progression and treatment, multiple subclonal populations of tumour cells
compete with one another, with selective pressures leading to the emergence of …

Circulating tumor cell detection technologies and clinical utility: Challenges and opportunities

Z Habli, W AlChamaa, R Saab, H Kadara, ML Khraiche - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The potential clinical utility of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the diagnosis and
management of cancer has drawn a lot of attention in the past 10 years. CTCs disseminate …

Molecular analysis of circulating tumour cells—biology and biomarkers

MG Krebs, RL Metcalf, L Carter, G Brady… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2014 - nature.com
Growing evidence for intratumour heterogeneity informs us that single-site biopsies fall short
of revealing the complete genomic landscape of a tumour. With an expanding repertoire of …

Technologies for circulating tumor cell separation from whole blood

P Bankó, SY Lee, V Nagygyörgy, M Zrínyi… - Journal of hematology & …, 2019 - Springer
The importance of early cancer diagnosis and improved cancer therapy has been clear for
years and has initiated worldwide research towards new possibilities in the care strategy of …

Phase II study of single-agent navitoclax (ABT-263) and biomarker correlates in patients with relapsed small cell lung cancer

CM Rudin, CL Hann, EB Garon… - Clinical Cancer …, 2012 - AACR
Purpose: Bcl-2 is a critical regulator of apoptosis that is overexpressed in the majority of
small cell lung cancers (SCLC). Nativoclax (ABT-263) is a potent and selective inhibitor of …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic drivers of tumourigenesis and cancer metastasis

A Chatterjee, EJ Rodger, MR Eccles - Seminars in cancer biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Since the completion of the first human genome sequence and the advent of next generation
sequencing technologies, remarkable progress has been made in understanding the …

Heparanase and the hallmarks of cancer

KM Jayatilleke, MD Hulett - Journal of Translational Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Heparanase is the only mammalian enzyme that cleaves heparan sulphate, an important
component of the extracellular matrix. This leads to the remodelling of the extracellular …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of circulating tumor cells in patients with non-small cell lung cancer using epithelial marker-dependent and-independent approaches

MG Krebs, JM Hou, R Sloane, L Lancashire… - Journal of thoracic …, 2012 - Elsevier
Introduction: Epithelial circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are detectable in patients with non-
small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, epithelial to mesenchymal transition, a widely …

Circulating tumor cell isolation, culture, and downstream molecular analysis

S Sharma, R Zhuang, M Long, M Pavlovic, Y Kang… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are a major contributor of cancer metastases and hold a
promising prognostic significance in cancer detection. Performing functional and molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating tumor cells as a window on metastasis biology in lung cancer

JM Hou, M Krebs, T Ward, R Sloane, L Priest… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Circulating tumor cell (CTC) number in metastatic cancer patients yields prognostic
information consistent with enhanced cell migration and invasion via loss of adhesion, a …