Diagnostic and prognostic role of liquid biopsy in non-small cell lung cancer: evaluation of circulating biomarkers.

Explor Target Antitumor Ther · 2020 · PMC9400689 · PMID 36046486

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Basically, they suggest a cut-off value of > 5 CTCs (in 7.5 mL of blood) as highly significant in predicting worse prognosis compared with those patients with < 5 CTCs, independently from all other traditional prognostic factors (stage and performance status).

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