Abstract:Background: According to recent publications of our group, JUNB and CXCR4 were overexpressed in CTCs and DTCs isolated from breast cancer patients. This expression was related with patients’ clinical outcome. Current study investigates for the first time, the expression of JUNB and CXCR4 in CTCs from patients with Non-Small Cell Lung cancer (NSCLC) and Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC).
Methods: Forty four patients were enrolled in this study (30 NSCLC and 14 SCLC patients, before the initiation of … Show more
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