Detection of circulating tumor cells in drainage venous blood from colorectal cancer patients using a new filtration and cytology-based automated platform

• Masayuki Tsutsuyama,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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• Hayao Nakanishi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hnakanis@aichi-cc.jp, 4444hn@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan, Laboratory of Pathology and Clinical Research, Aichi Cancer Center Aichi Hospital, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8885-9404

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• Mayumi Yoshimura,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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• Taihei Oshiro,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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• Takashi Kinoshita,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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• Koji Komori,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6834-995X

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• Yasuhiro Shimizu,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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• Yoshiyuki Ichinosawa,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Optnics Precision Co. Ltd., Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan

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• Seichin Kinuta,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Optnics Precision Co. Ltd., Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan

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• Kentaro Wajima,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Maruyasu Industries Co. Ltd., Okazaki, Aichi, Japan

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• Yasufumi Sakakibara,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

  Affiliation Maruyasu Industries Co. Ltd., Okazaki, Aichi, Japan

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• Yasushi Yatabe,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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• Seiji Ito,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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• Yasuhiro Kodera

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

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