Fukang Jin, Lei Zhu, Jingbo Shao, Mina Yakoub, Lukas Schmitt, Christoph Reißfelder, Sonja Loges, Axel Benner, Sebastian Schölch
BACKGROUND: In lung cancer, the relevance of various circulating tumour cell (CTC) subgroups in different lung cancer subtypes is unclear. We performed a comprehensive meta-analysis to assess the prognostic value of CTCs in the different histological types of lung cancer, with particular respect to CTC subtypes, cut-offs and time points of CTC enumeration. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE, Web of Science and Embase alongside relevant studies evaluating the prognostic value of CTCs in lung cancer patients...
December 31, 2022: European Respiratory Review: An Official Journal of the European Respiratory Society