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Table 1 Clinical background information of the Met-pa participating in this study

From: Chemotherapy-induced release of circulating-tumor cells into the bloodstream in collective migration units with cancer-associated fibroblasts in metastatic cancer patients

Patient characteristics

 

Total, N

52

Age (years), mean (range)

64 (40–83)

Gender, N (%)

 Female

26 (50%)

 Male

26 (50%)

Type of cancer, N (%)

 Colon and rectum

16 (31%)

 Breast

6 (12%)

 Lung

7 (13%)

 Pancreatic

6 (12%)

 Gastric

3 (6%)

 Esophageal

2 (4%)

 Cervical, endometrial, ovarian

4 (8%)

 Renal

3 (6%)

 Prostate

4 (8%)

Metastasis location, N (%)

 Lung

16 (21%)

 Bone

14 (18%)

 Abdomen

5 (7%)

 Liver

23 (30%)

 Pancreas

2 (3%)

 Brain

4 (5%)

 Lymph nodes

3 (4%)

 Pericardial effusion

2 (3%)

 Omentum

2 (3%)

 Cervical/uterus

4 (5%)

 Scrotum

1 (1%)

Chemotherapy, N (%)

 5-Fluorouracil, Irinotecan, Oxaliplatin

10 (19%)

 Taxanes (Taxol, Paclitaxel, Docetaxel)

5 (10%)

 Alkylating agents (Carboplatin, Irinotecan, Cisplatin, Etopisode)

4 (8%)

 Antimetabolites (Trabectedin, Capecitabine, Trifluridine, Pemetrexed)

6 (12%)

 Inhibitor (Copanisilib, Pembrolizumab, Topotecan, Arbiraterone)

27 (52%)