Original ArticleQuantified postsurgical small cell size CTCs and EpCAM+ circulating tumor stem cells with cytogenetic abnormalities in hepatocellular carcinoma patients determine cancer relapse
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Keywords
iFISH
Aneuploid CTC and circulating tumor stem cell
Hepatobiliary malignancy
Hepatocellular and cholangiocarcinoma
Surgical resection
Abbreviations
HCC
hepatocellular carcinoma
CC
cholangiocarcinoma
CTC
circulating tumor cell
CTSC
circulating tumor stem cell
DTC
disseminated tumor cell
CTM
circulating tumor microemboli
EC
endothelial cell
CEC
circulating endothelial cell
nCAC
non-hematopoietic circulating aneuploid cell
EMT
epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
CK
cytokeratin
SE
subtraction enrichment
iFISH
immunostaining-fluorescence in situ hybridization
DFS
disease-free survival
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