Table 4.
Patient characteristics of samples used for qPCR validation
| Characteristic |
Non-recurrent |
Metachronous metastasis |
p-value 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolute | % | absolute | % | ||
|
Total number |
11 |
|
11 |
|
|
|
Age [years] |
n.s. |
||||
| Mean |
68 |
|
67 |
|
|
|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
n.s. |
| Female |
7 |
63,6 |
7 |
63,6 |
|
| Male |
4 |
36,3 |
4 |
36,3 |
|
|
UICC stage |
n.s. |
||||
| I |
2 |
18,2 |
2 |
18,2 |
|
| II |
8 |
72,7 |
7 |
63,6 |
|
| III | 1 | 9,1 | 2 | 18,2 | |