Open Medicine (Jan 2016)

Diagnostic value of circulating tumor cells in cerebrospinal fluid

  • Ning Mu,
  • Chunhua Ma,
  • Rong Jiang,
  • Yuan Lv,
  • Jinduo Li,
  • Bin Wang,
  • Liwei Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2016-0005
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 21 – 24

Abstract

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To assess circulating tumor cells in cerebrospinal fluid as a diagnostic approach to identify meningeal metastasis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer by using tumor marker immunostaining–fluorescence in situ hybridization (TM-iFISH).

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