Table VI.

Correlation between the detection rate of different types of CTCs with pathological stages (I, II, III and IV) in NSCLC patients.

		Different types of CTCs
T Stage	Cases	Epithelial type	Mesenchymal type	Mixed type
I	23	34.78% (8/23)	21.74% (5/23)	82.61% (19/23)
II	18	44.44% (8/18)	27.78% (5/18)	83.33% (15/18)
III	15	33.33% (5/15)	60.00% (9/15)	100.00% (15/15)
IV	13	30.77% (4/13)	69.23% (9/13)	84.61% (11/13)
χ2 value	–	1.31	8.34	1.19
P-value	–	>0.05	<0.05	>0.05

CTC, circulating tumor cells; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer.