07 January 2021>: Clinical Research
Comparison of CellSearch and Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC)-Biopsy Systems in Detecting Peripheral Blood Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with Gastric Cancer
Dawei Ning 1BCEF , Kai Cui 2BC , Min Liu 2D , Yang Ou 3BCEF , Zhendan Wang 4B , Benkui Zou 5B , Yangyang Shen 6B , Xinyang Lu 7B , Sheng Li 8AG* , Pang Li 9AB*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.926565
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e926565
Figure 1 Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) were detected with the CellSearch system. In this system, CTCs were defined as circular or elliptical epithelial cells with specific cell surface antigen characteristics (EpCAM+/CK+/DAPI+/CD45−).