Preoperative Folate Receptor-Positive Circulating Tumor Cell Level Is a Prognostic Factor of Long Term Outcome in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

Abstract

Our study demonstrated that the preoperative FR⁺CTC level was a potential predictor for the prognosis of NSCLC patients underwent surgery. Further, when preoperative FR⁺CTC level is considered together with primary tumor proliferation characteristics, its prognostic value supplements that of these conventional pathological features.