Prognostic Significance of Circulating Tumor Cells with Mesenchymal Phenotypes in Patients with Gastric Cancer: A Prospective Study
Yui Ishiguro, Hideyasu Sakihama, Tadashi Yoshida, Nobuki Ichikawa, Shigenori Homma, Moto Fukai, Hideki Kawamura, Norihiko Takahashi, Akinobu Taketomi
Topics & Concepts
Circulating tumor cellMedicineCytokeratinSurgical oncologyPerioperativeCancerPathologyInternal medicineOncologyEpithelial–mesenchymal transitionMesenchymal stem cellImmunohistochemistryMetastasisSurgeryCancer Cells and MetastasisMesenchymal stem cell researchCancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response