Abstract:

The utility of circulating tumor cells in breast cancer has been paid more attention. There are many clinical trials all over the world which concerned the whole course of breast cancer. Although the value of detecting circulating tumor cells is different at each stage of breast cancer, the advantage is significant compared with traditional methods in monitoring and evaluating diseases status. Nowadays the treatments of breast cancer are classified and individualized, it is possible to find the most timely and optimized regimens after detecting the amount and characteristics of circulating tumor cells.

Key words: Breast cancer, Circulating tumor cells, CellSearch technology