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SUBMITTER: Yasukawa M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7157838 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar-Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yasukawa Motoaki M Sawabata Noriyoshi N Kawaguchi Takeshi T Taniguchi Shigeki S
In vivo (Athens, Greece) 20200301 2
<h4>Background/aim</h4>Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can be a surrogate biomarker of prospective prognosis. Surgical manipulation can promote the dissemination of CTCs. Prognosis improvement is expected with the no-touch isolation technique (NTIT), preventing surgical manipulation. The Wedge resection of the tumor site before lobectomy could prevent surgical manipulation during lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and reduce the shedding of tumor cells, similar to a NTIT. This study ...[more]