TY - JOUR AU - Diaz, Mônica Taiane de Macêdo AU - Abdallah, Emne Ali AU - Tariki, Milena Shizue AU - Braun, Alexcia Camila AU - Dettino, Aldo Lourenço Abbade AU - Nicolau, Ulisses Ribaldo AU - Alves, Vanessa da Silva AU - Chinen, Ludmilla Thomé Domingos PY - 2018 DA - 2018/03/12 TI - Circulating tumor cells as marker of poor prognosis in metastatic lung cancer: a pilot study JO - Applied Cancer Research SP - 8 VL - 38 IS - 1 AB - Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) play an important role in progression and metastasis, particularly in form of cluster, which is called circulating tumor microemboli (CTM), and can be found in the peripheral blood of cancer patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of CTCs and CTM, and its influence on tumor progression in lung cancer patients. SN - 1980-5578 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s41241-018-0059-7 DO - 10.1186/s41241-018-0059-7 ID - Diaz2018 ER -