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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 21, 2018; 24(7): 810-818
Published online Feb 21, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i7.810
Published online Feb 21, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i7.810
Table 1 Characteristics of patients in cohort 2 n (%)
| CTC count | |||
| All patients | Low (CTC ≤ 17) | High (CTC > 17) | |
| n = 43 | n = 23 | n = 20 | |
| Age | |||
| Mean (range) | 64 (39-89) | 65 (39-89) | 64 (48-83) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 32 (74.4) | 15 (65.2) | 20 (85.0) |
| Female | 11 (25.6) | 8 (34.8) | 3 (15.0) |
| ECOG | |||
| 0-1 | 36 (83.7) | 22 (95.6) | 14 (70.0) |
| 2-4 | 7 (16.3) | 1 (4.3) | 6 (30.0) |
| Primary tumor location | |||
| Distal oesophageal | 12 (27.9) | 8 (34.8) | 4 (20.0) |
| Gastroesophageal junction | 14 (32.6) | 4 (17.4) | 10 (50.0) |
| Gastric | 17 (37.5) | 11 (47.8) | 6 (30.0) |
| Stage | |||
| II | 18 (41.9) | 13 (56.5) | 5 (25.0) |
| III | 6 (14.0) | 4 (17.4) | 2 (10.0) |
| IV | 19 (44.2) | 6 (26.1) | 13 (65.0) |
- Citation: Brungs D, Lynch D, Luk AW, Minaei E, Ranson M, Aghmesheh M, Vine KL, Carolan M, Jaber M, de Souza P, Becker TM. Cryopreservation for delayed circulating tumor cell isolation is a valid strategy for prognostic association of circulating tumor cells in gastroesophageal cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2018; 24(7): 810-818
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v24/i7/810.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v24.i7.810