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Table 1 Patient characteristics and detection of tumor cells in blood

From: Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells in Colorectal Cancer by Immunobead-PCR Is a Sensitive Prognostic Marker for Relapse of Disease

    

Tumor Cells

    

Patient No.

Patient ID

Age

Sex

Pre-Op

Post-Op

Stage

Relapse (months)

Survival (months)

Status

1

535

73

M

Neg

Neg

A

Nil

23.5

Alive

2

425

56

F

Neg

Neg

A

Nil

23

Alive

3

169

64

M

Neg

Pos

A

Nil

17.5

Alive

4

173

79

M

Neg

Neg

B1

Nil

38

Alive

5

304

68

F

Pos

Pos

B1

Nil

15

Alive

6

954

82

F

Neg

Neg

B1

Nil

28

Alive

7

711

77

M

Neg

Neg

B1

Nil

15

Alive

8

647

65

M

Neg

Neg

B1

Nil

15

Alive

9

177

88

F

Neg

Neg

B1

Nil

16

Deca

10

966

80

M

NA

Neg

B2

Nil

42

Alive

11

988

69

M

Neg

Neg

B2

Nil

14

Alive

12

703

72

M

Neg

Neg

B2

Nil

16

Alive

13

356

60

F

NA

Pos

B2

7 m

10

Dec

14

712

91

F

Neg

Neg

B2

Nil

37.5

Alive

15

831

76

M

Neg

Neg

B2

Nil

29

Alive

16

433

76

F

Neg

Neg

B2

Nil

30

Alive

17

840

80

F

Pos

Pos

B2

4 m

7

Dec

18

352

82

M

Pos

NA

B2

22 r

23

Dec

19

925

79

F

Neg

Neg

C1

Nil

12.5

Alive

20

606

59

M

Pos

Pos

C1

14.5 r,m

18

Dec

21

477

68

F

Pos

Pos

C1

4 m

10

Dec

22

748

75

F

Neg

Pos

C1

5 r

9.5

Dec

23

43

73

M

Neg

Neg

C1

Nil

32

Deca

24

895

71

F

Neg

Neg

C2

Nil

33

Alive

25

412

63

F

Pos

Pos

D

1 m

7

Dec

26

195

83

F

Neg

Neg

D

6 r,m

8

Dec

27

625

76

M

NA

Neg

D

7 r

7

Dec

  1. r, local recurrence; m, metastasis; NA, not available; Dec, deceased.
  2. aDied of unrelated causes.