Skip to main content
. 2021 May 19;11:643003. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.643003

Figure 3.

Figure 3

CTC and US are more sensitive than MMG for BC diagnosis. When CTC cut-off value of 2, US and MMG BI-RADS cut-off score of 4b were set, positive rates of CTC, US and MMG show significant differences between BC patients and controls (patients with BBDs and healthy volunteers) as shown in (A, E, I), respectively (all p < 0.0001). US should be slightly more sensitive than CTC in BC diagnosis, for positive rates of US are more correlated with BC patients’ cancer stage and tumor size than CTC as shown in (B, C, F, G). No statistical significance is found between positive rate of MMG and BC patients’ cancer stage and tumor size as shown in (J) and (K). Positive rates of CTC, US and MMG showed significant differences between BC patients with and without lymph node metastases as shown in (D), (H) and (L) (p = 0.0086, 0.0271 and 0.0195, respectively). **** indicates P < 0.0001, ** indicates 0.001< P < 0.01, while * indicates 0.01 < P < 0.05.