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Radionuclide-fluorescence Reporter Gene Imaging to Track Tumor Progression in Rodent Tumor Models
Published on: March 13, 2018
[Current status and latest advancement in developing techniques for tumor early detection]
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084.
Summary
This review covers new methods for detecting circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and cancer biomarkers, focusing on physical properties for early cancer detection and multi-mode analysis.
Area of Science:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Oncology
- Analytical Chemistry
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