Fig. 1

Adhesion measurements of five different colon cancer cell lines in pre- or postoperative patient serum a. Cell adhesion of LS174T, Caco-2, DLD-1, SW480, and LoVo cells seeded in media with pre- or postoperative serum from one patient was measured. Mean Cell Index at 60 min is shown, n = 4. b. The difference in percentage between adhesion ability of cells seeded in postoperative serum compared to preoperative serum at 60 min was calculated for each cell line. The positive bars (grey) indicate higher adhesion in cells in postoperative serum compared to cells in preoperative serum