Statistical considerations for enumeration of circulating tumor cells

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Authors

Arjan G.J. Tibbe · Eon Corporation (United States)

Michael Craig Miller · Eon Corporation (United States)

Leon W.M.M. Terstappen · Eon Corporation (United States)

Abstract

Elimination of the errors made in the identification of tumor cells isolated from 7.5 ml of blood could potentially reduce the CTC threshold for the identification of patients with a poor prognosis from the current value of five CTCs to one CTC per 7.5 ml of blood.

Topics & Keywords

Cancer Cells and Metastasis Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Cytometry Part A

Volume 71A, Issue 3, pp. 154-162

DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20369

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