%A Guan Xiuwen， Ma Fei %T The application of circulating tumor cells in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer %0 Journal Article %D 2017 %J Journal of International Oncology %R 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673422X.2017.01.012 %P 45-48 %V 44 %N 1 %U {https://gjzlx.sdfmu.edu.cn/CN/abstract/article_10129.shtml} %8 2017-01-08 %X In recent years, the clinical utility of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) analysis from peripheral blood has undoubtedly become a popular topic in the field of precision medicine. CTCs analysis is a noninvasive, easily obtained and highly repeatable testing approach, and could be carried out in a real-time manner, which has never failed to surprise us with great progression in the detection of early disease, assessing prognosis, treatment response monitoring and individualized therapeutic direction in breast cancer.