一项关于从血液中分离循环癌细胞的研究。

J Clin Pathol. 1962 Jul;15(4):380-2. doi: 10.1136/jcp.15.4.380.

Samples of blood from 49 cancer cases were examined for free cancer cells. Cells identified as cancer cells were found in the blood of four. Cells which looked highly suspicious of being cancer cells were isolated from the blood of nine other cases. No conclusion was possible regarding the type of cells in eight cases. This illustrates the difficulty of cytological diagnosis and shows the need for new methods of identification.

对49例癌症患者的血样进行游离癌细胞检测。在4例患者的血液中发现了被鉴定为癌细胞的细胞。在另外9例患者的血液中分离出了高度疑似癌细胞的细胞。8例患者的细胞类型无法得出结论。这说明了细胞学诊断的困难，并表明需要新的鉴定方法。