Evaluation of epithelial-mesenchymal transitioned circulating tumor cells in patients with resectable gastric cancer: Relevance to therapy response
Ting-Ting Li, Hao Liu, Feng-Ping Li, Yan-Feng Hu, Ting-Yu Mou, Tian Lin, Jiang Yu, Lei Zheng, Guo-Xin Li
Ting-Ting Li, Hao Liu, Feng-Ping Li, Yan-Feng Hu, Ting-Yu Mou, Tian Lin, Jiang Yu, Guo-Xin Li, Department of General Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China
Lei Zheng, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sino-UK Circulating Biomarkers’ Exploration and Detection Centre, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China
Author contributions: Li TT, Liu H and Yu J contributed equally to this work and should be considered as co-first authors; Li TT, Liu H and Li GX designed the research; Lin T, Mou TY, Hu YF, Yu J and Li GX performed the surgeries and collected the data; Li TT, Li FP and Zheng L performed the experiment; Li TT and Liu H analyzed the data; Li TT, Liu H and Yu J wrote the paper.
Supported by Major Program of Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, No. 201300000087; Research Fund of Public Welfare in Health Industry of National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, No. 201402015 and No. 201502039; National Key Technology R&D Program, No. 2013BAI05B05; and Key Clinical Specialty Discipline Construction Program.
Institutional review board statement: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by Institutional Review Board of Nanfang Hospital.
Institutional animal care and use committee statement: The present study did not involve animal experiments.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors do not have any conflict of interest to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Guo-Xin Li, MD, PhD, FRCS, Department of General Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, 1838 North Guangzhou Avenue, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China. gzliguoxin@163.com
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Received: July 31, 2015
Peer-review started: August 1, 2015
First decision: August 26, 2015
Revised: August 31, 2015
Accepted: October 17, 2015
Article in press: October 20, 2015
Published online: December 21, 2015
