The combination of size-based separation and selection-free technology provides higher circulating tumor cells detection sensitivity than either method alone in patients with metastatic prostate cancer

[1 ]The Brady Urological Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore MD USA

[2 ]Department of Urology; Renji Hospital; Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; Shanghai China

[3 ]Department of Biomedical Engineering; School of Life Sciences; Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST); Ulsan Republic of Korea

[4 ]Center for Soft and Living Matter; Institute for Basic Science (IBS); Ulsan Republic of Korea