The invention provides a preparation method of a separation tube for separating
tumor cells, and belongs to the technical field of
cell separation. The preparation method comprises the following stepsof firstly adding separation gel to the separation tube, performing centrifuging so as to enable the separation gel to sink to the bottom of the tube, then adding separation mediums, then slowly adding
body cavity hydrops or anticoagulation
whole blood to an upper layer of the separation mediums, performing centrifuging at
room temperature, firstly sucking and discarding liquid at the topmost surface of the separation tube so as to remove
cell debris, then dumping residual liquid on the separation gel layer into a collecting tube, then performing centrifuging at
room temperature, performing
cell re-suspending with PBS so as to obtain the
tumor cells, wherein the density of the separation gel is 1.06-1.08g / mL, and the density of the separation mediums is 1.05-1.06g / mL. The preparation method disclosed by the invention can be used for separating and circulating the
tumor cells from the tumor cells in the
body cavity hydrops, the preparation method is simple, convenient and efficient, and the purity of the separated tumor cells is high.