Herba Polonica (Dec 2019)

Detection of circulating tumour cells in the breast cancer using CytoTrack system

  • Bogacz Anna,
  • Wolek Marlena,
  • Górska Aleksandra,
  • Leporowska Ewa,
  • Procyk Danuta,
  • Kolenda Piotr,
  • Litwiniuk Maria,
  • Uzar Izabela,
  • Gryszczyńska Agnieszka,
  • Łowicki Zdzisław,
  • Czerny Bogusław

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/hepo-2019-0023
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 65, no. 4
pp. 31 – 36

Abstract

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Introduction: Plants are a rich source of healing substances. Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide while breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. Circulating tumour cells (CTCs) are potential founder cells for metastasis. Therefore, their assessment may be used for monitoring of treatment as well as detecting cancer metastatis. Hence, it is suggested that the number of CTCs may be a valuable tumour biomarker during therapy.

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