Circulating tumor cells correlate with poorer survival in pancreatic cancer patients
Updated: 2010-05-30 02:54:53
Home About Science Store Twitter Subscribe Circulating tumor cells correlate with poorer survival in pancreatic cancer patients May 29, 2010 CHICAGO , IL . May 28, 2010 Fox Chase Cancer Center investigators find that pancreatic cancer patients who have circulating tumor cells tend to have worse outcomes than patients without circulating tumor cells . Additionally , the team has uncovered evidence that not all circulating tumor cells are the same , and some may predict worse outcomes than . others Benjamin P . Negin , M.D . a medical oncology fellow at Fox Chase , will present the study at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology on Sunday , June 6. Eventually , we hope we can use changes in number of circulating tumor cells to make real-time treatment decisions