Circulating Tumor Cells

<p>Introduces the reader to Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs), their isolation method and analysis, and commercially available platforms </p> <ul> <li>Presents the historical perspective and the overview of the field of circulating tumor cells (CTCs)</li> <li>Discusses the state-of-art methods for CTC isolation, ranging from the macro- to micro-scale, from positive concentration to negative depletion, and from biological-property-enabled to physical-property-based approaches</li> <li>Details commercially available CTC platforms</li> <li>Describes post-isolation analysis and clinical translation</li> <li>Provides a glossary of scientific terms related to CTCs</li> </ul>