Circulating Tumor Cells

<div>Preface.- Foreword.- Section I. Technologies for CTC&nbsp;Identification.- 1. Significance of Studying&nbsp;Circulating Tumor Cells.- 2. Affinity-Based&nbsp;Enrichment of Circulating Tumor Cells.- 3. Size-Based&nbsp;and Non-Affinity Based Microfluidic Devices for&nbsp;Circulating Tumor Cell Enrichment and&nbsp;Characterization.- 4. Molecular Assays for the&nbsp;Detection and Molecular Characterization of CTCs.- 5.&nbsp;Cancer Stem Cells and Circulating Tumor Cells&nbsp;Molecular Markers, Isolation Techniques and Clinical&nbsp;Implications.- Section II. Fundamental Studies of&nbsp;</div>CTC.- 6. Circulating Tumor Cells and Tumor Dormancy.-&nbsp;7. Prevention of Conversion of Tumor Dormancy into&nbsp;Proliferative Metastases.- 8. Genesis of Circulating&nbsp;Tumor Cells through Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition&nbsp;as a Mechanism for Distant Dissemination.- Section&nbsp;III. CTC Analysis.- 9. CTC Analysis FISH, ISH,&nbsp;Array-CGH and Other Molecular&nbsp;Assays.- 10. Genome-Wide Gene Copy Number Analysis of&nbsp;Circulating Tumor Cells.- 11. Perspectives on the&nbsp;Functional Characterization and In Vitro Maintenance&nbsp;of Circulating Tumor Cells.- 12. Prognostic&nbsp;Implications of CTC in Breast Cancer.- Section IV.&nbsp;Potential Clinical Applications of CTC.- 13. CTC in&nbsp;Advanced Breast Cancer Prognosis, Monitoring and&nbsp;Clinical Utility.- 14. Evolution of Metastatic&nbsp;Disease: The Need for Monitoring and Emerging&nbsp;Therapeutic Opportunities.- 15. CTC for Biomarker and&nbsp;Companion Diagnostic Development.- 16. Perspectives&nbsp;on Clinical Applications of CTCs.- Index.