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Circulating Tumor Cells

Circulating Tumor Cells is a biological phenomenon referring to viable tumor cells that detach from the primary tumor or metastatic sites and enter the bloodstream or lymphatic system, thereby enabling dissemination and potential colonization at distant anatomical locations during tumor progression.

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Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Early- and Late-Stage Human Malignancies

Chetan Bettegowda, Mark Sausen, Rebecca Leary et al. · Science Translational Medicine · 2014 · 5.1K citations · Full text

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Circulating Tumor Cells, Disease Progression, and Survival in Metastatic Breast Cancer

Massimo Cristofanilli, G. Thomas Budd, Matthew J. Ellis et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2004 · 4.6K citations · Full text

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Isolation of rare circulating tumour cells in cancer patients by microchip technology

Sunitha Nagrath, Lecia V. Sequist, Shyamala Maheswaran et al. · Nature · 2007 · 3.5K citations · Full text

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Bone Marrow Origin of Endothelial Progenitor Cells Responsible for Postnatal Vasculogenesis in Physiological and Pathological Neovascularization

Takayuki Asahara, Haruchika Masuda, Tomono Takahashi et al. · Circulation Research · 1999 · 3.2K citations · Full text

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Circulating mutant DNA to assess tumor dynamics

Frank Diehl, Kerstin Schmidt, Michael A. Choti et al. · Nature Medicine · 2008 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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  1. KP
    Klaus Pantel

    Universität Hamburg, Germany

    149 publications · 15.9K citations

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  2. LW
    Leon W.M.M. Terstappen

    University of Twente, Netherlands

    92 publications · 25.6K citations

    60

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  3. MC
    Massimo Cristofanilli

    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States

    84 publications · 15.2K citations

    51

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  4. SR
    Sabine Riethdorf

    Universität Hamburg, Germany

    79 publications · 9K citations

    46

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  5. TF
    Tanja Fehm

    Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany

    72 publications · 9.1K citations

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  1. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, United States

    69 h-index

    1K publications

    134.4K citations

  2. Universität Hamburg

    Hamburg, Germany

    69 h-index

    986 publications

    96K citations

  3. University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

    Hamburg, Germany

    68 h-index

    975 publications

    95.3K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    65 h-index

    904 publications

    383.5K citations

  5. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    60 h-index

    873 publications

    416.5K citations

  6. Inserm

    Paris, France

    58 h-index

    746 publications

    69.9K citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    48 h-index

    409 publications

    47.5K citations

  8. Heidelberg University

    Heidelberg, Germany

    46 h-index

    463 publications

    45.6K citations

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  1. Clinical Cancer Research

    111 publications · 22.7K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 282 publications · 18.4K citations

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  3. Annals of Oncology

    71 publications · 9.9K citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    127 publications · 9.5K citations

    55

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  5. Scientific Reports

    128 publications · 8.5K citations

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