Pathology of circulating tumor cells and the available capture tools (Review)
- Authors:
- Yibing Guan
- Fangshi Xu
- Juanhua Tian
- Hongwei Chen
- Chuance Yang
- Shanlong Huang
- Ke Gao
- Ziyan Wan
- Mingrui Li
- Minxin He
- Tie Chong
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Affiliations: Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, P.R. China - Published online on: March 6, 2020 https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2020.7533
- Pages: 1355-1364
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