External quality assurance of circulating tumor cell enumeration using the CellSearch(®) system: a feasibility study.
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Abstract
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cells that have detached from solid tumors and entered the blood. CTCs can be detected, among others, by semi-automated immunomagnetic enrichment and image cytometry using CellSearch® (Veridex, Raritan, NJ). We studied the feasibility of external quality assurance (EQA) of the entire CellSearch procedure from blood draw to interpretation of results in multiple laboratories.
Bibliographical data
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 2 |
| ISSN | 1552-4949 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| pubmed | 21337491 |
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