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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 30.
Published in final edited form as: Biotechnol Bioeng. 2009 Feb 1;102(2):521–534. doi: 10.1002/bit.22066

Table 3.

Average, and standard deviation, for samples taken from HNSCC patients undergoing surgery

Average number of cells/per ml of fresh blood Standard Deviation n Log10 Enrichment per stage Stage of separation
4,050,000,000 4.05 × 109 1,110,000,000 26 - Fresh sample (RBC and WBC)
10,400,000 1.04 × 107 5,040,000 26 - Nucleated cells in fresh sample
6,930,000 6.93 × 106 4,200,000 26 2.59 Nucleated cells after RBC lysis
459,000 4.59 × 105 402,000 11 1.27 After magnetic separation, protocol A. Number of nucleated cells
1,640,000 1.64 × 106 2 0.96 After magnetic separation, protocol B. Number of nucleated cells
174,000 1.74 × 106 94,600 6 1.64 After magnetic separation, protocol C. Number of nucleated cells.
8,040 8.04 × 103 6,970 9 3.07 After magnetic separation, protocol E. Number of nucleated cells.