Current Status of CTCs as Liquid Biopsy in Lung Cancer and Future Directions.

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Published in Front Oncol on September 30, 2015

Authors

Zhuo Zhang1, Nithya Ramnath2, Sunitha Nagrath3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI , USA.
2: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI , USA ; Veterans Administration Ann Arbor Healthcare System , Ann Arbor, MI , USA.
3: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI , USA ; Translational Oncology Program, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI , USA.

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