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Table 4 HER2 status by serum, CTC, and tissue

From: Determination of HER2 status using both serum HER2 levels and circulating tumor cells in patients with recurrent breast cancer whose primary tumor was HER2 negative or of unknown HER2 status

Patient ID

Serum HER2

HER2 CTC

HER2 tissue

#25

Negative

ND

Negative

#93

Negative

ND

Negative

#94

Negative

ND

Negative

#21

Negative

ND

Negative

#92

Negative

ND

Negative

#29

Negative

ND

Negative

#30

Negative

ND

Negative

#91

Positive

Positive

Negative

#12

Negative

Negative

Positive

#17

Positive

Positive

Positive

  1. CTC, circulating tumor cell; HER, human epidermal growth factor receptor; ND, not detected.