Fig. 1From: Ex-vivo characterization of circulating colon cancer cells distinguished in stem and differentiated subset provides useful biomarker for personalized metastatic risk assessmentGraphic representation of applications performed on CTCs cultivated for 14 days. The short-term cultivation provided CTCs available for cytometry evaluation of cell cycle phases distribution, immunofluorescence, protein extraction and cell-sorter protocols. Moreover, conditioned medium (aged 14 days) was collected and cellular production was analyzedBack to article page