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The Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in Patients With Liver Cancer Undergoing Cryosurgery Combined With DC-CIK Treatment

NCT02416635 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2015-12-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have the potential to provide a surrogate for'real-time biopsy' of tumor biological activity. Enumeration and molecular characterization of CTCs in liver cancer could play an important role in diagnosis, predicting the risk for tumor recurrence, and providing novel target therapy biomarkers. In view of these facts, the investigators wanted to demonstrate the value of multiparameter flow cytometry in detecting human tumor cells of liver cancer in normal peripheral blood after cryosurgery with or without dendritic cell(DC)-cytokine-induced killers(CIK) treatment, and the investigators also compared the specificity with reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method.

Conditions

  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating

Interventions

OTHER

Flow cytometry (FCM)

Use FCM to test PBMCs/CTCs from volunteers/patients.

OTHER

RT-PCR

Use RT-PCR to test PBMCs/CTCs from volunteers/patients.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fuda Cancer Hospital, Guangzhou

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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