2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Circulating tumor cekks as an indipendent predictor of survival for advanced gastric cancer
| Project/Area Number |
25861183
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Digestive surgery
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
TSUNODA Shigeru 京都大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (60597300)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 末梢血循環癌細胞 / 胃癌 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
For primary gastric cancer to metastasize, it is necessary for tumor cells to circulate in the peripheral blood as a viable state. In this study, viable circulating tumor cells (CTCs) were successfully detected in nearly 40% of patients with highly advanced gastric cancer. Moreover, tumors of patients with positive CTCs were shown to progress earlier. Detecting CTCs can be clinically applied for selecting optimal patients for induction chemotherapy and would be useful for monitoring of therapeutic effect.
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| Free Research Field |
消化管外科
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