Table 2.
Immunologic specificity and sensitivity of antigens over-expressed on CTCs derived from various cancers, as indicated by the number of +.
Breast cancer | Lung cancer | Liver cancer | Pancreatic cancer | Ovarian cancer | Colorectal cancer | Prostate cancer | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EpCAM | +++ | ++ | + | + | + | ++ | +++ |
HER2 | +++ | ||||||
EGFR | + | + | + | ||||
CK | + | ++ | ++ | + | |||
CEA | + | + | + | ++ | |||
MUC-1 | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | + |