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Table II.

Tumor-initiating potential of E-Cadherin⁺ and ⁻ cells within the EpCAM^high/CD44⁺ population in vivo.

	Injected EC⁺ or EC⁻ EpCAM^high/CD44⁺ cell number (from the primary sample)

	4000	3000	1500	1000	500	100	P-value
E-cadherin⁺	3/3	1/5	0/3	–	0/2	0/1	0.297
E-cadherin⁻	–	1/6	–	0/2	–	–
(tumor bearing mice/total mice)

	Injected EC⁺ or EC⁻ EpCAM^high/CD44⁺ cell number (from the xenograft tumor)

	5000	4000	3000	2000	1000	100	P-value

E-cadherin⁺	–	1/1	6/6	0/1	2/3	0/1	0.099
E-cadherin⁻	1/3	1/1	3/3	1/1	1/1	–
(tumor bearing mice/total mice)