Table 3.
Incidence of Disease recurrence and deaths according to CTC detection and hormonal receptor status
| HR Status | CK-19 mRNA | No of patients | Relapses | Deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes N (%) |
No N (%) |
Fisher's Exact test, P | Dead N (%) |
Alive N (%) |
Fisher's Exact test, P | |||
| ER(-)/PR(-) | Persistently Positive | 22 | 9 (40.1) | 13(59.9) | P = 0.044 | 8 (34.4) | 16 (63.6) | P = 0.009 |
| Persistently Negative | 24 | 3 (12.5) | 21 (87.5) | 1(4.1) | 24 (95.9) | |||
| ER(+) and/or PR(+) | Persistently Positive | 60 | 26 (43.3) | 34 (46.7) | P < 0.001 | 15 (25) | 45 (75) | P = 0.007 |
| Persistently Negative | 39 | 4 (10.2) | 35 (89.2) | 2 (5.1) | 37 (94.9) | |||
CK-19, cytokeratine-19; HR, hormonal receptor; ER, estrogens receptor; PR, progesterone receptor.