A group of researchers from the Institut Gustave Roissy, Villejuif, France, led by Dr Françoise Farace has evaluated whether circulating tumour cells (CTCs) might represent a non-invasive source of tumour material in NSCLC. The researchers isolated CTCs from 32 patients with metastatic NSCLC, 18 of whom had ALK-positive tumours. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Pailler E, et al. Detection of circulating tumor cells harboring a unique ALK rearrangement in ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Jun 20;31(18):2273-81. PMID: 23669222
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