Special topic: circulating tumor cells

‘Circulating tumor cells’ (CTC) is a clinical phenomenon which has been backed by new evidence recently, due to the development of basic research technologies. In this video, Prof. Yun Yen will introduce it to show how the clinical problem can be related to basic research.

Prof. Yen is the former president of Taipei Medical University and a professor of the The Ph.D. Program for Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery. He is a highly experienced clinician, clinical investigator and basic scientist. His research interests focus on several markers of hepatocellular cancer, as well as on investigational therapies for advanced malignancy.

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Prof. Yun Yen