Vimentin and Ki67 expression in circulating tumour cells derived from castrate-resistant prostate cancer
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- 作者：C. R. Lindsay ; S. Le Moulec ; F. Billiot ; Y. Loriot ; M. Ngo-Camus ; P. Vielh…
- 关键词：Prostate ; Vimentin ; Ki67 ; Circulating
- 刊名：BMC Cancer
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：16
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1,199 KB
- 刊物主题：Cancer Research; Oncology; Stem Cells; Animal Models; Internal Medicine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2407
文摘
Background High circulating tumor cell (CTC) counts are associated with poor prognosis in advanced prostate cancer, and recently CTC number was suggested to be a surrogate for survival in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Ki67 and vimentin are well-characterised markers of tumour cell proliferation and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), respectively. Here we asked if the expression of vimentin and Ki67 in CTCs offered prognostic or predictive information in mCRPC.