Colon Cancer

Research from S. Hauch and co-researchers in the area of colon cancer described

Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 16th, 2007

"Circulating tumour cells (CTC) in the blood of cancer patients indicate disease progression. Their presence reflects a relapse or metastasising process since CTC survive only a short time in the circulation. Test systems developed by AdnaGen have been used for the sensitive and specific analysis of CTC," researchers in Germany report.

"Case reports of 2 breast cancer patients demonstrate the successful detection of CTC for therapy monitoring purposes. The disappearance of CTC reflects therapy success. The patient that responded towards therapy was characterized by the disappearance of CTC from the first therapeutic unit (TU) onwards. In contrast, CTC remained...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2007-08-16)

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