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Optofluidic device for the quantification of circulating tumor cells in breast cancer

Pedrol, Eric; Garcia-Algar, Manuel; Massons, Jaume; Nazarenus, Moritz; Guerrini, Luca; Martinez, Javier; Rodenas, Airan; Fernandez-Carrascal, Ana; Aguilo, Magdalena; Estevez, Laura G.; Calvo, Isabel; Olano-Daza, Ana; Garcia-Rico, Eduardo; Diaz, Francesc; A

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2017
VL / 7 - BP / - EP /
abstract
Metastatic cancer patients require a continuous monitoring during the sequential treatment cycles to carefully evaluate their disease evolution. Repetition of biopsies is very invasive and not always feasible. Herein, we design and demonstrate a 3D-flow focusing microfluidic device, where all optics are integrated into the chip, for the fluorescence quantification of CTCs in real samples. To test the chip performance, two cell membrane targets, the epithelial cell adhesion molecule, EpCAM, and the receptor tyrosine-protein kinase, HER2, are selected. The efficiency of the platform

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Green published, Gold

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