By By Ketan Thorat Ketan Thorat Nitin Joshi Nitin Joshi Cancer Diagnosis using Circulating Cancer Diagnosis using Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) Tumor Cells (CTCs) “ “ Capturing the Satans in the Blood” Capturing the Satans in the Blood”
Aug 09, 2015
ByByKetan ThoratKetan Thorat
Nitin JoshiNitin Joshi
Cancer Diagnosis using Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs)Cancer Diagnosis using Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs)““Capturing the Satans in the Blood”Capturing the Satans in the Blood”
Cancer in India
Poverty Lack of healthcare Services Lack of early detection
As predicted by National Cancer Foundation, India
Current Technologies and their disadvantages
CT MRI Cell Search Flow Cytometry
ELISA Histopathology/Immunohistochemist
ryLimit Of Detection(LOD) High Cost Lengthy Turnaround Time Intrusive Sampling Procedure Infrastructure