Predicting Metastasis in Melanoma by Enumerating Circulating Tumor Cells Using Photoacoustic Flow Cytometry

202019 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Robert H. Edgar · Duquesne University

Ahmad A. Tarhini · Moffitt Cancer Center

Cindy Sander · University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Martin E. Sanders · TeVido BioDevices (United States)

Justin Cook · Duquesne University

John A. Viator · TeVido BioDevices (United States)

Abstract

Photoacoustic flow cytometry can detect rare CMCs in the blood of Stage I-III melanoma patients and detectionof these cells is predictive of subsequent development of metastatic disease. Lasers Surg. Med.

Topics & Keywords

Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging Cancer Cells and Metastasis Extracellular vesicles in disease

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volume 53, Issue 4, pp. 578-586

DOI: 10.1002/lsm.23286

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