Discovery
Cancer Associated Macrophage-Like Cell (CAML) was named because of CD14 expression.
Giant CAMLs are found in all major solid tumors, and they appear in all stages of cancer
Examples of Giant CAMLs
Other cancer-associated markers found in the blood of cancer patients:
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs)
Circulating endothelial cells (CECs)
Epithelial mesenchymal transition cells (EMTs)
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs)
Found primarily in late-stage breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers
Size differences between CAMLs and CTCs
Giant CAMLs are found in all stages of solid tumors, and are more prevalent than CTCs.