Venable LLP
Method of assessing disease condition of cancer
A method, system and computer-readable medium for assessing a disease condition of a cancer of a subject, including: receiving a blood sample from the subject; isolating a plurality of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from the blood sample; measuring at least one of cell or cell nucleus sizes of each of the plurality of CTCs; determining a measured CTC size distribution of the plurality of CTCs based on the measuring; comparing the measured CTC size distribution to a reference CTC size distribution using a computer; and assigning the disease condition of the cancer of the subject based on the comparing.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center The Regents of the University of California
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Jake Leland W. K. Yi-Tsung Edwin M. Zunfu Ker-Chau Jiefu Hao Min Jiaoti Hsian-Rong
Lichterman Chung Lu Posadas Ke Li Chen Ho Song Huang Tseng