Table 1.
Comparison between the PACE-chip and tube-based CTC enumeration using clinical breast cancer samples.
Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Patient 3 | Patient 4 | Patient 5 | Patient 6 | Healthy donor 1 | Healthy donor 2 | |
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Manual enumeration | 15 CTCsa 7.8 hrsb | 2 CTCsa 7.5 hrsb | 6 CTCsa 7.6 hrsb | 17 CTCsa 7.8 hrsb | 2 CTCsa 7.5 hrsb | 3 CTCsa 7.5 hrsb | 0 CTCsa 7.5 hrsb | 0 CTCsa 7.5 hrsb |
PACE-Chip | 17 CTCsa 333 cellsc 3.5 hrsb | 4 CTCsa 246 cellsc 3.5 hrsb | 7 CTCsa 253 cellsc 3.5 hrsb | 20 CTCsa 283 cellsc 3.5 hrsb | 2 CTCsa 262 cellsc 3.5 hrsb | 6 CTCsa 344 cellsc 3.5 hrsb | 0 CTCsa 224 cellsc 3.5 hrsb | 0 CTCsa 275 cellsc 3.5 hrsb |
aNumber of CTCs; bProcessing time; cNumber of trapped single cells.