“Sentinel” Circulating Tumor Cells Allow Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Ilié, Marius; Hofman, Véronique; Long-Mira, Élodie; Selva, Éric; Vignaud, Jean-Michel; Padovani, B.; Mouroux, Jérôme; Marquette, Charles‐Hugo; Hofman, Paul

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111597

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“Sentinel” Circulating Tumor Cells Allow Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Published in PLoS ONE • Oct 31, 2014

Authors:

Marius Ilié

Véronique Hofman

Élodie Long-Mira

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a risk factor for lung cancer. Migration of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) into the blood stream is an early event that occurs during carcinogenesis. We aimed to examine the presence of CTCs in complement to CT-scan in COPD patients without clinically ...

Subject

Medicine

COPD

Lung cancer

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