Does lung cancer surgery cause circulating tumor cells?-A multicenter, prospective study.

CONCLUSIONS: The likelihood of CTC dislodgement by surgical manipulation is indicated based on the result that CTCs were detected after lung cancer surgery, where there were no cases of pre-CTCs positive and post CTCs negative. PMID: 28932547 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research