Hi,
I'm working on Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and use Ficoll-Paque plus to isolate mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and CTCs from whole blood.
My concern is that the low speed centrifugation done may result in loss of these rare CTCs. Has anyone tried an additional platelet removal step ? If so, did you experience significant losses in CTCs ?
It would be great if you could also share some relevant articles.
Thank you