The Potential Clinical Implications of Circulating Tumor Cells and Circulating Tumor Microemboli in Gastric Cancer.

CONCLUSION: CTC analysis, including their levels, plakoglobin, and HER2 expression, appears to be a promising tool in the understanding the biology and prognosis of GAC. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: The analysis of circulating tumor cell levels from the blood of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma, before and after neoadjuvant treatment, is useful to better understand the behavior of the disease as well as the patients more likely to respond to treatment. PMID: 30846515 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Oncologist - March 6, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Abdallah EA, Braun AC, Flores BCTCP, Senda L, Urvanegia AC, Calsavara V, Fonseca de Jesus VH, Almeida MFA, Begnami MD, Coimbra FJF, da Costa WL, Nunes DN, Dias-Neto E, Chinen LTD Tags: Oncologist Source Type: research