Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cancer cells that circulate in the blood stream after being
naturally shed from original or metastatic tumors, and can lead to a new fatal metastasis …

Rare cells are low-abundance cells in a much larger population of background cells.
Conventional benchtop techniques have limited capabilities to isolate and analyze rare cells …

Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is an electrokinetic method that allows intrinsic dielectric properties
of suspended cells to be exploited for discrimination and separation. It has emerged as a …

Sensitive detection of cancer cells plays a critically important role in the early detection of
cancer and cancer metastasis. However, because circulating tumor cells are extremely rare …

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are important targets for study as we strive to better
understand, diagnose, and treat cancers. However, CTCs are found in blood at extremely …

Cell size, measured as either volume or mass, is a fundamental indicator of cell state. Far
more tightly regulated than size is density, the ratio between mass and volume, which can …

With the continuous discovery and research of predictive cancer-related biomarkers, liquid
biopsy shows great potential in cancer diagnosis. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering …

Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) are shed from primary or secondary tumors into blood
circulation. Accessing and analyzing these cells provides a non-invasive alternative to tissue …

BACKGROUND Effective upstream preparation of nucleic acid (NA) is important for
molecular techniques that detect unique DNA or RNA sequences. The isolated NA should …

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are single cells or clusters of cells within the circulatory
system of a cancer patient. While most CTCs will perish, a small proportion will proceed to …