In vivo liquid biopsy using Cytophone platform for photoacoustic detection of circulating tumor cells in patients with melanoma

Authors: Ekaterina I. Galanzha, Yulian A. Menyaev, Aayire C. Yadem, Mustafa Sarimollaoglu, Mazen A. Juratli, Dmitry A. Nedosekin, Stephen R. Foster, Azemat Jamshidi-Parsian, Eric R. Siegel, Issam Makhoul, Laura F. Hutchins, James Y. Suen, Vladimir P. Zharov

Published: 2019-06-12

DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aat5857

Source: Full article

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Abstract

Noninvasive label-free photoacoustic detection of circulating tumor cells was demonstrated directly in the bloodstream of patients with melanoma.