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  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
9,443 Views
18 Pages

19 March 2015

This study reports a microfluidic-based optical sensing device for label-free detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs), a rare cell species in blood circulation. Based on the metabolic features of cancer cells, live CTCs can be quantified indirect...

  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
6,285 Views
17 Pages

18 March 2021

Detecting circulating tumor cells (CTCs) has been considered one of the best biomarkers in liquid biopsy for early diagnosis and prognosis monitoring in cancer. A major challenge of using CTCs is detecting extremely low-concentrated targets in the pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,560 Views
23 Pages

Biosensor Design for the Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells Using the Quartz Crystal Resonator Technique

  • Raad A. Alawajji,
  • Zeid A. Nima Alsudani,
  • Alexandrus S. Biris and
  • Ganesh K. Kannarpady

29 March 2023

A new mass-sensitive biosensing approach for detecting circulating tumor cells (CTCs) using a quartz crystal resonator (QCR) has been developed. A mathematical model was used to design a ring electrode-based QCR to eliminate the Gaussian spatial dist...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,675 Views
17 Pages

Metastatic Melanoma: Liquid Biopsy as a New Precision Medicine Approach

  • Elena Ricciardi,
  • Elena Giordani,
  • Giovanna Ziccheddu,
  • Italia Falcone,
  • Patrizio Giacomini,
  • Maurizio Fanciulli,
  • Michelangelo Russillo,
  • Marianna Cerro,
  • Gennaro Ciliberto and
  • Fabio Valenti
  • + 2 authors

16 February 2023

Precision medicine has driven a major change in the treatment of many forms of cancer. The discovery that each patient is different and each tumor mass has its own characteristics has shifted the focus of basic and clinical research to the singular i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,967 Views
22 Pages

Emerging Blood-Based Biomarkers for Predicting Immunotherapy Response in NSCLC

  • Ana Oitabén,
  • Pablo Fonseca,
  • María J. Villanueva,
  • Carme García-Benito,
  • Aida López-López,
  • Alberto Garrido-Fernández,
  • Clara González-Ojea,
  • Laura Juaneda-Magdalena,
  • Martín E. Lázaro and
  • Mónica Martínez-Fernández

26 May 2022

Immunotherapy with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICIs) has demonstrated a profitable performance for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) cancer treatment in some patients; however, there is still a percentage of patients in whom immunotherapy does not...

  • Review
  • Open Access
186 Citations
13,131 Views
30 Pages

Circulating Tumor Cell Detection Technologies and Clinical Utility: Challenges and Opportunities

  • Zeina Habli,
  • Walid AlChamaa,
  • Raya Saab,
  • Humam Kadara and
  • Massoud L. Khraiche

17 July 2020

The potential clinical utility of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the diagnosis and management of cancer has drawn a lot of attention in the past 10 years. CTCs disseminate from tumors into the bloodstream and are believed to carry vital informatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,024 Views
21 Pages

Poisonous Caterpillar-Inspired Chitosan Nanofiber Enabling Dual Photothermal and Photodynamic Tumor Ablation

  • Hyeong Sup Yu,
  • Hongsuk Park,
  • Thang Hong Tran,
  • Sung Yeon Hwang,
  • Kun Na,
  • Eun Seong Lee,
  • Kyung Taek Oh,
  • Dongyeop X. Oh and
  • Jeyoung Park

As caterpillars detect the presence of predators and secrete poison, herein, we show an innovative and highly effective cancer therapeutic system using biocompatible chitosan nanofiber (CNf) installed with a pH-responsive motif that senses tumor extr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
74 Citations
6,665 Views
16 Pages

Circulating microRNAs as Promising Biomarkers in Colorectal Cancer

  • Óscar Rapado-González,
  • Ana Álvarez-Castro,
  • Rafael López-López,
  • José Iglesias-Canle,
  • María Mercedes Suárez-Cunqueiro and
  • Laura Muinelo-Romay

27 June 2019

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Despite numerous advances in therapeutic approaches, this cancer has a poor prognosis when it is diagnosed at late stages. Therefore, th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
68 Citations
8,474 Views
25 Pages

The Role of TRP Channels in the Metastatic Cascade

  • Benedikt Fels,
  • Etmar Bulk,
  • Zoltán Pethő and
  • Albrecht Schwab

A dysregulated cellular Ca2+ homeostasis is involved in multiple pathologies including cancer. Changes in Ca2+ signaling caused by altered fluxes through ion channels and transporters (the transportome) are involved in all steps of the metastatic cas...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,005 Views
15 Pages

1 June 2023

Cancer metastasis is a complex process. After their intravasation into the circulation, the cancer cells are exposed to a harsh environment of physical and biochemical hazards. Whether circulating tumor cells (CTCs) survive and escape from blood flow...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,090 Views
16 Pages

A Novel Detection Method of Breast Cancer through a Simple Panel of Biomarkers

  • Alinne T. F. Silva,
  • Cláudia M. Rodrigues,
  • Izabella C. C. Ferreira,
  • Letícia L. D. Santos,
  • Donizeti W. Santos,
  • Thaise G. Araújo,
  • Paula P. L. Canto,
  • Carlos E. Paiva,
  • Luiz R. Goulart and
  • Yara C. P. Maia

9 October 2022

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have been identified as responsible for the spread of tumors to other organs of the body. In this sense, the development of sensitive and specific assays for their detection is important to reduce the number of deaths d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
12,496 Views
13 Pages

17 April 2017

This study demonstrates the rapid and label-free detection of Interleukin-6 (IL-6) using carbon nanotube micro-arrays with aptamer as the molecular recognition element. Single wall carbon nanotubes micro-arrays biosensors were manufactured using phot...