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. 2021 Mar 2;9:e10777. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10777

Table 2. Comparison of CTC enumerations with EpCAM and CSV antibodies in the same patients.

Patient No. CTC Count P Value Patient No. CTC Count P Value Patient No. CTC Count P Value
EpCAM CSV EpCAM CSV EpCAM CSV
LC (n = 20) PDAC (n = 20) BCa (n = 10)
1 0 3 0.1283 29 0 2 0.0011 59 6 10 0.9051
2 0 0 30 1 4 60 5 6
3 0 5 31 0 3 61 0 1
4 0 4 32 0 3 62 9 6
5 0 3 33 1 0 63 0 3
6 5 5 34 0 7 64 4 0
7 1 2 35 3 11 65 3 1
8 4 2 36 1 0 66 0 1
9 5 3 37 3 11 67 3 1
10 7 11 38 0 4 68 0 0
11 24 16 39 0 7 HCC (n = 4)
12 12 13 40 0 1 69 0 0 0.5862
13 8 9 41 0 8 70 0 2
14 18 3 42 0 2 71 0 1
15 2 4 43 2 1 72 5 4
16 18 22 44 0 17 CC (n = 8)
17 20 22 45 0 7 73 0 1 0.7995
18 11 14 46 1 4 74 9 2
19 5 5 47 3 2 75 1 2
20 0 4 48 2 1 76 0 2
CRC (n = 8) GC (n = 10) 77 1 4
21 0 3 0.2065 49 0 4 0.2312 78 5 1
22 2 0 50 0 4 79 2 2
23 4 0 51 0 2 80 0 6
24 0 2 52 0 1 EC (n = 4)
25 20 9 53 0 1 81 1 2 0.1489
26 11 5 54 0 0 82 0 1
27 12 2 55 5 4 83 0 1
28 0 3 56 3 1 84 3 3
57 4 2 OC (n = 4)
Sarcoma (n = 3) 58 1 5 85 3 3 0.5
89 0 3 0.25 86 0 2
90 0 5 87 0 1
91 0 9 88 1 1

Note:

CTC, circulating tumor cell; EpCAM, epithelial cell adhesion molecule; CSV, cell surface vimentin; No, number; n, sample number; LC, lung cancer; CRC, colorectal cancer; BCa, breast cancer; GC, gastric cancer; PDAC, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; CC, cervical cancer; HNSCC, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; EC, esophageal cancer; BC, brain cancer; N/A, not available; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; PCa, prostate cancer; OC, ovarian cancer; UC, bladder cancer.