Table 3 Method comparison for circulating tumor cell (CTC) detection from blood samples of breast cancer patients
Patient ID | 22 | 76 | 77 | 37 | 39 | 60 | 16 | 45 | 53 | 56 | 52 | 47 | 17 | 48 | 54 | 59 | 74 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 78 | 68 | 64 | 20 | 21 |
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CTC# (CellSearch™) | 1 | F* | F* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | F* | 21 | 25 | 143 | 270 |
CTC # (Ariol ® ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 164 | 571 |