Chapter title |
Enumeration of Circulating Tumor Cells and Disseminated Tumor Cells in Blood and Bone Marrow by Immunomagnetic Enrichment and Flow Cytometry (IE/FC)
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Chapter number | 17 |
Book title |
Circulating Tumor Cells
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7144-2_17 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7143-5, 978-1-4939-7144-2
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Authors |
Mark Jesus M. Magbanua, Tulasi I. Solanki, Andrea D. Ordonez, Feng Hsiao, John W. Park, Magbanua, Mark Jesus M., Solanki, Tulasi I., Ordonez, Andrea D., Hsiao, Feng, Park, John W. |
Abstract |
Enumerating circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in blood and disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) in bone marrow has shown to be clinically useful, as elevated numbers of these cells predict poor clinical outcomes. Accurate detection and quantification is, however, difficult and technically challenging because CTCs and DTCs are extremely rare. We have developed a novel quantitative detection method for enumeration of CTCs and DTCs. Our approach consists of two steps: (1) EPCAM-based immunomagnetic enrichment followed by (2) flow cytometry (IE/FC). The assay takes approximately 2 h to complete. In addition to tumor cell enumeration, IE/FC offers opportunities for direct isolation of highly pure tumor cells for downstream molecular characterization. |
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