Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) Market Report 2012

Circulating Tumor Cells Market (CTCs Market) and Cancer Stem Cells Market ( CSCs Market )

Description

This is the latest and most up-to-date Market Report from Select Biosciences addressing the circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and cancer stem cells (CSCs) fields. In this report, we focus upon the biology of CTCs and CSCs as well as explore the inter-relationship between these cell types based upon molecular events. Also presented are research trends which are for the isolation and study of CTCs, a potentially important tool for cancer diagnostics with special relevance to cancer metastatic mechanisms

This report analyzes the CTCs marketplace from a technical as well as market perspective describing the biology of CTCs, methodologies currently in use for the purification and study of CTCs, as well as the market landscape for CTCs.

This report also describes the current state of the CSC marketplace based on data from research, market landscape, and clinical trial angles

This is the first report in its class providing a technical as well as a market analysis of CTCs and CSCs. Data in this report includes a primary market survey performed describing the research trends currently in the CTCs and CSCs spaces including:

Surface markers currently used to study CTCs and CSCs
Intracellular signaling pathways analyzed in CSCs
Quantitative Breakout of Cancer Classes where CTCs are being studied
Market Shares of Vendors Offering Products into the CTC and CSC Spaces
Breakout of the Marketplace vis-�-vis Technologies/Approaches for Study of CTCs
Quantitative Market Metrics for CTCs Space: Quantitative Market Forecast, Growth Rate

This data-driven characterization of the CTCs and CSCs landscape is a hands-on document that can be used for competitive benchmarking, business planning, and strategy development�all the data that have been collected in this industry analysis are presented and they form the basis for the conclusions drawn throughout the market report presented in a format enabling �drag-and-drop� into business presentations/business plans.

Extensive Technical and Market Analyses
Presented in this Report

Biology of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs)
Characteristics of CTCs and DTCs
EMT Signaling Pathways and Molecular Effectors
Markers for CSCs
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) Research Approaches
Methodologies for Study/Analysis of CTCs
CTC Detection Approaches
New Molecular Targets for CTC Detection Broadening the �CTC Classes� in Various Types of Cancer
Advantages and Disadvantages of Various CTC Analysis Approaches
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) Market Landscape
CTCs and CSCs: Primary Market Research Data, Research Trends
Product Market Shares
Quantitative Market Metrics: Market Sizing, Growth Rate
Clinical Trial Quantitative Metrics and Analysis


Table of Content

Chapter I. Executive Overview: Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs)
and Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) Spaces

Chapter II.Biology of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and
Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs)
Biology of CTCs
Characteristics of CTCs and DTCs
EMT
Different Classes of EMT
EMT Signaling Pathways and Molecular Effectors
Interrelationship between EMT, CTCs and the Metastatic Cascade
Biology of CSCs
Markers for CSCs
EMT-Associated Molecules for CTC Therapeutic Targeting

Chapter III.Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) Research
Approaches
Methodologies for Study/Analysis of CTCs
CTC Detection Approaches
CellSearch� System
AdnaTest�
CTC Chip
Microfluidics
ELISPOT
Telomescan�
Other Approaches
Markers for RT-PCR-based Detection of CTCs
New Molecular Targets for CTC Detection
Advantages and Disadvantages of CTC Analysis Approaches

Chapter IV.Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and Cancer Stem
Cells (CSCs) Market Landscape
CTCs and CSCs: Primary Market Research Data
Market Shares of Product Vendors Offering Products for Various Aspects of Research in the Space
Quantitative Penetration of Markers for CSCs Utilized Currently
Quantitative Penetrance of Cancer Classes where CSC Research is Currently Focused
Intracellular Pathways Studied in the CSC Space
CTC Research Efforts: Cancer Subtypes and Markers Utilized
CTC and CSC Clinical Trials: Quantitative Metrics and Areas of Focus
CTC Quantitative Market Opportunity: Market Forecast [Revenue Potential, Growth Rate]
CSC Market Opportunity

Appendix I.Research Methodology