D-dimer is an essential accompaniment of circulating tumor cells in gastric cancer

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Table 2 Associations between D-dimer, CEA, CTC and Clinicopathological Features in Patients with Gastric Cancer

Variable	P (CTC)	P (D-dimer)	P (CEA)
Gender	0.424	0.973	0.721
Age	0.589	0.799	0.119
Histological Grade	0.513	0.235	0.07
TNM Stage	0.012*	0.002**	0.487
Metastasis	0.014*	0.021*	0.315

P indicate that the p-value was analyzed via Spearman Correlation analysis was employed; *indicates p-value < 0.05 (2-tailed). **indicates p-value < 0.01 (2-tailed)

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