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Table 2 Comparison of CTC enumeration by CellSearch® and filtration based method

From: Filtration based assessment of CTCs and CellSearch® based assessment are both powerful predictors of prognosis for metastatic breast cancer patients

  

CTCFB n (%)

  

Negative

1–4 CTCs

≥ 5 CTCs

Total

CTCCS n (%)

Negative

16 (26.7%)

8 (13.3%)

2 (3.3%)

26 (43.3%)

1–4 CTCs

3 (5.0%)

5 (8.3%)

10 (16.7%)

18 (30.0%)

≥ 5 CTCs

1 (1.7%)

0 (0%)

15 (25.0%)

16 (26.7%)

Total

20 (33.3%)

13 (21.7%)

27 (45.0%)

60 (100%)