Clinical significance of tumor cells and CD133+ cells from malignant pleural effusion in patients with lung cancer

摘要

1 Objective The composition of malignant pleural effusion in lung cancer is so complex that it is very difficult to obtain high‐purity tumor cells from pleural effusions. Based on the establishment of the negative enrichment method using immunomagnetic beads to obtain high‐purity tumor cells, the present study investigated the clinical significance of tumor cells and CD133+ cells in lung cancer patients with malignant pleural effusion.