[Circulating tumor cells and breast cancer: detection techniques and clinical results]

F-C Bidard; A-E Saliba; L Saias; A Degeorges; P de Cremoux; J-L Viovy; A Vincent-Salomon; C Mathiot; J-Y Pierga; A de Gramont

doi:10.1684/bdc.2008.0797

[Circulating tumor cells and breast cancer: detection techniques and clinical results]

Bull Cancer. 2009 Jan;96(1):73-86. doi: 10.1684/bdc.2008.0797.

[Article in French]

Authors

F-C Bidard¹, A-E Saliba, L Saias, A Degeorges, P de Cremoux, J-L Viovy, A Vincent-Salomon, C Mathiot, J-Y Pierga, A de Gramont

Affiliation

¹ Département d'oncologie médicale, institut Curie, 26, rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris cedex 05, France. fcbidard@curie.fr

PMID: 19211362
DOI: 10.1684/bdc.2008.0797

Abstract

Due to recent technological progresses, Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) are currently extensively studied in order to define their diagnostic, prognostic and predictive value. We review here the different detection techniques and their clinical results in breast cancer patients.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / blood
Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
Cell Separation / methods*
Female
Filtration / methods
Humans
Leukocytes, Mononuclear / pathology
Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / methods
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating*
RNA, Messenger / isolation & purification
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

RNA, Messenger