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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2014; 20(45): 17163-17170
Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17163
Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17163
Table 1 Patient characteristics and circulating tumor cells examination results n (%)
| Patient characteristics | Total patients (n) | With detected CTC |
| T stage | 24 | |
| T1 | 0 | 0 (0) |
| T2 | 2 | 1 (50) |
| T3 | 11 | 9 (81.8) |
| T4 | 11 | 6 (54.5) |
| N stage | ||
| N0 | 7 | 6 (85.7) |
| N1 | 17 | 10 (58.9) |
| M stage | ||
| M0 | 21 | 14 (66.7) |
| M1 | 3 | 2 (66.7) |
| Grading | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 (0) |
| 2 | 13 | 8 (61.5) |
| 3 | 9 | 8 (88.9) |
| 4 | 1 | 0 (0) |
| Disease stage | ||
| I | 1 | 1 (100) |
| IIA | 5 | 4 (80) |
| IIB | 7 | 5 (71.4) |
| III | 8 | 4 (50) |
| IV | 3 | 2 (66.7) |
- Citation: Bobek V, Gurlich R, Eliasova P, Kolostova K. Circulating tumor cells in pancreatic cancer patients: Enrichment and cultivation. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(45): 17163-17170
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i45/17163.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17163