Development of an epoxy-based microfluidic device for automated circulating tumour cell separation

Circulating tumour cells (CTCs) are cancer cells shed from a primary tumour site into the bloodstream, where they have the potential to invade other tissues in the body, and thus become the seed of metastases. CTCs have great potential to monitor disease progression and guide cancer treatment, but a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yan, Justin Phillip
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/62771