Table 2.
Kinetic counts of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) between baseline (CTC1) and post-neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NCRT) (CTC2) time points.
| 9 | Patient ID | CTCs/mL before NCRT |
CTCs/mL after NCRT |
Kinetics of CTC1 vs. CTC2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR | 8 | 3 | 1 | > | P = 0.02 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | > | ||
| 18 | 1 | 0 | > | ||
| 21 | 4 | 0 | > | ||
| 25 | 4 | 2 | > | ||
| 27 | 3 | 2 | > | ||
| PR | 3 | 5 | 5 | = | P = 0.01 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | > | ||
| 7 | 3 | 2 | > | ||
| 9 | 1 | 0 | > | ||
| 10 | 0 | 1 | < | ||
| 13 | 1 | 1 | = | ||
| 15 | 2 | 0 | > | ||
| 16 | 2 | 0 | > | ||
| 23 | 2 | 1 | > | ||
| 24 | 6 | 3 | > | ||
| 29 | 3 | 0 | > | ||
| 30 | 2 | 2 | = | ||
| NR | 1 | 3 | 4 | < | P = 0.07 |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | > | ||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | = | ||
| 6 | 1 | 1 | = | ||
| 12 | 1 | 4 | < | ||
| 14 | 2 | 1 | > | ||
| 17 | 3 | 1 | > | ||
| 19 | 4 | 2 | > | ||
| 20 | 5 | 1 | > | ||
| 22 | 8 | 4 | > | ||
| 26 | 2 | 1 | > | ||
| 28 | 2 | 1 | > |
Abbreviations: NCRT: Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy; CR: Complete response; PR: Partial response; NR: No response.