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Table 1 Capture of CTCs from mice with orthotopic breast cancer xenografts

From: Nanoroughened adhesion-based capture of circulating tumor cells with heterogeneous expression and metastatic characteristics

Group

Sample

Xenograft time

End tumor weight (g)

Collected blood volume (μL)

Captured CTCs (CTCs/100 μL)

MDA-MB-231

#1

3 weeks

0.05

800

16

#2

0.08

800

498

#3

5 weeks

0.20

800

29

#4

0.17

800

13

#5

0.30

800

772

#6

0.10

800

468

#7

0.12

500

478

#8

7 weeks

0.60

800

1348

#9

0.30

800

259

#10

0.32

800

261

#11

9 weeks

0.20

800

0

#12

0.60

800

4664

SUM-149

#13

5 weeks

0.22

300

675

#14

0.20

800

306

#15

0.24

700

1366

#16

7 weeks

0.30

500

579

#17

0.40

700

4408

  1. MDA-MB-231 or SUM-149 xenografts of 1 × 106 cells were grown before blood collection and enumeration of CTCs