1.
Characteristic | Number of cases (%) | CTC total | P | |
< 5 | ≥5 | |||
TNM: tomor-node-metastasis; CTC: circulating tumor cell. | ||||
Gender | ||||
Male | 39 | 4 | 35 | > 0.05 |
Female | 21 | 2 | 19 | |
Age (yr) | ||||
< 50 | 24 | 2 | 22 | > 0.05 |
≥50 | 36 | 4 | 32 | |
Tumor size (cm) | ||||
< 3 | 15 | 2 | 13 | > 0.05 |
3-7 | 34 | 3 | 31 | |
> 7 | 11 | 1 | 10 | |
Clinical staging (TNM) | ||||
Ⅰ | 9 | 5 | 4 | < 0.05 |
Ⅱ | 12 | 1 | 11 | |
Ⅲ | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
Ⅳ | 14 | 0 | 14 |