Distinct mutation profiles between primary bladder cancer and circulating tumor cells warrant the use of circulating tumors cells as cellular resource for mutation follow-up

Table 1 Clinical characteristics and immunophenotype of initial captured CTCs from bladder-cancer patients

				Immunophenotyping & Enumeration (5 ml)
Subject number	Pathologic T stage	LVI	Vein invasion	Vimentin (+), CK (−)	Vimentin (−), CK (+)	Vimentin (+), CK (+)	Total CTC
TCC14	T4a	Pos	Neg	1	17	0	18
TCC16	T1	Neg	Neg	1	7	1	9
TCC17	T3a	Pos	Neg	1	5	2	8
TCC18	T3a	Neg	Neg	0	17	1	18
TCC20	T2b	Pos	Pos	6	1	21	28
TCC21	T3a	Pos	Pos	0	0	15	15
TCC27	T3a	Neg	Neg	0	11	0	11
TCC28	T2b	Pos	Neg	0	12	5	17
TCC31	T2a	Pos	Pos	9	1	4	14
TCC32	T3a	Pos	Pos	3	11	18	32
TCC37	Ta	Neg	Neg	1	1	0	2
TCC38	T3a	Neg	Neg	1	12	17	30
TCC39	T1	Neg	Neg	0	4	4	8
TCC40	Ta	Neg	Neg	2	1	4	7
TCC41	Ta	Neg	Neg	0	1	2	3
TCC43	T1	Neg	Neg	1	2	7	10
TCC44	T1	Neg	Neg	1	2	5	8
TCC45	T3a	Pos	Pos	0	19	8	27
TCC46	T2a	Neg	Neg	4	2	4	10
TCC47	T2a	Neg	Neg	2	1	7	10

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