Table 1.

Detection of epithelial markers in 10 ovarian cancer patients, analyzed with multiplex‐RT‐PCR and AdnaTest OvarianCancerDetect. Samples analyzed by the AdnaTest OvarianCancerDetect were considered as positive for CTCs, if signals for at least one epithelial marker and the housekeeper β‐actin were detected. Samples analyzed for epithelial markers by multiplex‐RT‐PCR were considered as positive for CTCs, if signals for at least one epithelial marker and the housekeeper PDH were detected. Pt. = patient.

Patients	Multiplex RT‐PCR epithelial markers	AdnaTest OvarianCancerDetect	Muc‐1	EpCAM	CA125	Actin
Pt.1	pos	neg	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	13.37 ng/μl
Pt.2	neg	neg	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	15.43 ng/μl
Pt.3	pos	pos	0.22 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	17.2 ng/μl
Pt.4	pos	pos	0.38 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	14.69 ng/μl
Pt.5	neg	neg	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	15.06 ng/μl
Pt.6	neg	neg	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	13.47 ng/μl
Pt.7	neg	neg	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	14.31 ng/μl
Pt.8	neg	neg	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	10.95 ng/μl
Pt.9	neg	neg	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	7.38 ng/μl
Pt.10	neg	neg	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	0 ng/μl	10.35 ng/μl

AdnaTest OvarianCancerDetect pos. > 0.15 ng/μl.