Clusters of circulating tumor cells traverse capillary-sized vessels
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Clusters of circulating tumor cells traverse capillary-sized vessels.
Multicellular aggregates of circulating tumor cells (CTC clusters) are potent initiators of distant organ metastasis. However, it is currently assumed that CTC clusters are too large to pass through narrow vessels to reach these organs. Here, we present evidence that challenges this assumption through the use of microfluidic devices designed to mimic human capillary constrictions and CTC cluste...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1524448113