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Table 3 Patient background

From: A Strategy to Identify Genes Associated with Circulating Solid Tumor Cell Survival in Peripheral Blood

Sample Number	Tumor	Histology	Metastatic	Treatment	AB-1 RNA
4	Lung	Small cells	No	No	+
5	Lung	Non-small cells	Yes	No	+ +
6	Lung	Squamous	No	No	+
7	Lung	Small cells	Yes	No	+ +
8	Colon	Adenocarcinoma	Yes	ND	−
9	Lung	Squamous	Yes	No	−
10	Colon	Adenocarcinoma	Yes	ND	−
11	Breast	Adenocarcinoma	Yes	Yes	+
12	Lung	Small cells	Yes	No	+ +
13	Lung	ND	ND	No	+
14	Lung	Small cells	Yes	No	+ +

ND, not determined; +, 1- to 10-fold up-regulation; ++, > 10-fold up-regulation. Metastatic column refers to disease stage at the time of blood collection. Treatment column refers to any tumor treatment or surgery before blood sample collection.

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