title: SnapShot: Circulating Tumor Cells.
abstract: Circulating tumor cells in the blood of patients are both signal flares for the existence of a tumor and harbingers of metastasis. With recent technological developments, these cells can be isolated and analyzed to provide insights into the biology of cancer spread and response to therapy and to offer new avenues for blood biomarker development.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester M20 4BX, UK.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dive
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester M20 4BX, UK.
authors.forename: Ged
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brady
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D059010:Single-Cell Analysis