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. 2013 Jun 28;8(6):e67466. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067466

Table 1. CTC recovery efficiency and average cell diameter.

Cell line Origin Average cell diameter (µm) Recovery efficiency (%)
A549 NSCLC 17.3 98±3
HCC827 NSCLC 19.6 99±6
NCI-H358 NSCLC 18.1 100±6
NCI-H441 NSCLC 20.6 98±8
PC-14 NSCLC 19.5 97±2
DMS79 SCLC 14.1 76±1
NCI-H69 SCLC 12.5 68±2
NCI-H82 SCLC 13.5 80±4

Cells were spiked into 1 mL of normal blood and recovered using the MCA system.