@inbook{6e030dd7a30f4dde8a20690b043ecf9e,
title = "Significance of Studying Circulating Tumor Cells",
abstract = "Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) are tumor cells released into blood. They are considered the pivotal component of the metastatic cascade and are being extensively studied only in the last decade or so. Understanding the biological and clinical impact of CTC is likely to reveal important information of the metastatic process and contribute to better management of cancer. We briefly discuss here the current clinical utility of CTC and their emerging clinical applications.",
keywords = "Circulating cancer stem cells, CTC culture, CTC genomics, Current and emerging clinical applications of CTC, Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT)",
author = "Datar, {Ram H.} and Zheng Ao and Cote, {Richard J.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-4939-3363-1_1",
language = "English",
series = "Current Cancer Research",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "3--15",
booktitle = "Current Cancer Research",
}