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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021;1286:125–134. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-55035-6_9

Table 9.2.

Main clinical applications of detection and study of CTCs

• Monitoring disease status

• Detection of micrometastases

• Prognosis factor

• Pharmacological studies (e.g., drug resistance)

• Planning of personalized treatments