Representative images of DP cells collected from the blood of patients with breast cancer. The cells show the distinctive expression of both epithelial (cytokeratin, in red) and leukocyte (CD45, in ...

Dual-positive cells are circulating cells that bear both tumor-cell and immune-cell markers, and are thought to be hybrid cells resulting from rare fusions of tumor cells with immune cells. Recent ...

An enigmatic type of circulating tumor cell called a dual-positive (DP) cell is associated with shorter survival time in patients with advanced breast cancer, according to a study led by investigators ...