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. 2022 Mar 1;14(5):1279. doi: 10.3390/cancers14051279

Table 2.

CK20 and DEFA5 mRNA detection rates above the individual cut-off values in blood or bone marrow of patients with esophageal carcinoma (EC). Blood samples of 209 EC patients and bone marrow samples of 147 EC patients were analyzed for the presence of CK20 and DEFA5 mRNA.

Variables Blood Samples
(n = 209) (%)		 Bone Marrow Samples
(n = 147) (%)
Positive (%) Negative (%) Positive (%) Negative (%)
CK20 47 (22.5) 162 (77.5) 49 (33.3) 98 (66.7)
DEFA5 96 (45.9) 113 (54.1) 98 (66.7) 49 (33.3)