Circulating Tumor Cells in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Recent Findings and Future Challenges

Front Oncol. 2019 Apr 5:9:228. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00228. eCollection 2019.

¹ Oncology Unit, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy.
² Section of Pathological Anatomy, School of Medicine, United Hospitals, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, Ancona, Italy.
³ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Córdoba, Spain.
⁵ Division of Oncology, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
⁶ Department of Urology, School of Medicine, United Hospitals, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy.
⁷ Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria, Terni, Italy.

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Keywords: circulating tumor cells; circulating tumor microemboli; diagnosis; isolation techniques; prognosis; renal cell carcinoma.