Microfluidic Chip for Circulating Tumor Cells
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "E：Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2022) | Viewed by 653
Special Issue Editors
Interests: computer-aided engineering; multiphysics simulation; MEMS and microfluidics
Interests: microfluidics; fluid mechanics; micro/nano technologies
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Dear Colleagues,
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are tumor cells that are shed from cancerous tumors into the circulatory systems. CTCs are present in early-stage cancers and are reported to be of significant prognostic, diagnostic and clinical values in early-stage cancer detection and treatment. Studying this cellular population has been particularly challenging due to their extreme rarity in peripheral blood. In recent years, the development of microfluidic chips has enabled cell manipulation with improved performance over macro-scale cell systems and has made it possible to miniaturize the cell devices with dramatically improved capturing efficiency and cell viability. Microfluidic chips are poised to play an important role in enhancing our abilities of capturing and studying CTCs, and thus offer tremendous opportunities for the early detection, monitoring, treatment evaluation of cancer and cancer metastasis.
This Micromachines Special Issue on “Microfluidic Chip for Circulating Tumor Cells” intends to collect the most relevant original short communications, review articles, and research papers, from industry and academia. We welcome your contributions, and we would also appreciate your referral to a colleague who might be interested.
Prof. Dr. Xiaolin Chen
Dr. Jie Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- circulating tumor cells
- microfluidics
- lab on chip
- cell separation
- label-free cell separation
