The disclosure provides methods for automated characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs), for example using automated tissue strainers. In specific examples, such methods permit characterizing a prostate cancer sample by simultaneously or contemporaneously detecting ERG rearrangements and PTEN deletions in the same CTC. Also provided are kits that can be used with such methods.
本公开提供了自动表征循环肿瘤细胞(CTC)的方法,例如使用自动组织过滤器。在具体例子中,这种方法可以通过同时或同时检测同一 CTC 中的 ERG 重排和
PTEN 缺失来表征前列腺癌样本。此外,还提供了可用于此类方法的试剂盒。