یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
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Includes bibliographical references and index
یادداشتهای مربوط به مندرجات
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Preface -- Foreword -- Section I. Technologies for CTC Identification -- 1. Significance of Studying Circulating Tumor Cells -- 2. Affinity-Based Enrichment of Circulating Tumor Cells -- 3. Size-Based and Non-Affinity Based Microfluidic Devices for Circulating Tumor Cell Enrichment and Characterization -- 4. Molecular Assays for the Detection and Molecular Characterization of CTCs -- 5. Cancer Stem Cells and Circulating Tumor Cells Molecular Markers, Isolation Techniques and Clinical Implications -- Section II. Fundamental Studies of CTC -- 6. Circulating Tumor Cells and Tumor Dormancy.- 7. Prevention of Conversion of Tumor Dormancy into Proliferative Metastases -- 8. Genesis of Circulating Tumor Cells through Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition as a Mechanism for Distant Dissemination -- Section III. CTC Analysis -- 9. CTC Analysis FISH, ISH, Array-CGH and Other Molecular Assays -- 10. Genome-Wide Gene Copy Number Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells -- 11. Perspectives on the Functional Characterization and In Vitro Maintenance of Circulating Tumor Cells -- 12. Prognostic Implications of CTC in Breast Cancer -- Section IV. Potential Clinical Applications of CTC -- 13. CTC in Advanced Breast Cancer Prognosis, Monitoring and Clinical Utility -- 14. Evolution of Metastatic Disease: The Need for Monitoring and Emerging Therapeutic Opportunities -- 15. CTC for Biomarker and Companion Diagnostic Development -- 16. Perspectives on Clinical Applications of CTCs -- Index