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Class characterization of circulating cancer cells isolated from body fluids and methods of use

  • US 20020098535A1
  • Filed: 02/10/2000
  • Published: 07/25/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of classifying cancer cells in a body fluid sample of a patient with cancer or a patient suspected of having cancer, comprising:

  • isolating circulating cancer cells in the body fluid sample of the patient, and characterizing said circulating cancer cells using cytological and morphological analyses by fluorescence microscopy to determine the classification ofthe cancer cells isolated, wherein the cancer cell classification comprises terminal cells, proliferative cells, and/or intermediate cells.

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