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CTC counts in healthy and diseased subpopulations.
| Subject category (total = 47 patients) | Mean CTC counts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Number of subjects | Mean age | Processed in the United States | Processed in Taiwan | Average |
| Cancer | 9 | 51 | 6.6 | 15.7 | 11.1 |
| Adenoma | 1 | 66 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 |
| Colonoscopy negative | 5 | 59 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| Young healthy | 32 | 26 | 0.5 | N/A | N/A |
CTC: circulating tumor cell.
