Table 1 Clinical parameters and staging for 32 breast cancer patients, along with bone marrow immunomagnetic selection data
IM EpCAM- positive cells | Patients | Hormonal receptor- positivea | Her2/neu positivea | Histology | Tumor grade | Tumor size | 2002 AJCC nodes pN | 2002 AJCC stage | Patient 'disease' group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
103 | PM549 | 1 | 0 | DI | II | NA | 3 | IV | 'Advanced' |
179 | PM551 | 1 | 0 | DI | III | T3 | 2 | IIIA | 'Advanced' |
214 | PM552 | 0 | 0 | DI | III | T4 | 2 | IIIB | 'Advanced' |
42 | PM557 | 1 | 0 | DI | II | T1 | 0 | I | 'Localized' |
7 | PM566 | 1 | 0 | DI | I | T1 | 0 | I | 'Localized' |
17 | PM567 | 1 | 0 | DI | II | T1 | 1 | IIA | 'Localized' |
7 | PM568 | 1 | 0 | DI | II | T2 | 1 | IIA | 'Localized' |
180 | PM572 | 1 | 0 | DI | III | T2 | 2 | IIIA | 'Advanced' |
101 | PM596 | 1 | 0 | DI | I | T1 | 0 | I | 'Localized' |
37 | PM597 | 1 | 1 | LI | II | T1 | 0 | I | 'Localized' |
278 | PM598 | 1 | 1 | DI | II | T4 | 2 | IIIB | 'Advanced' |
255 | PM601 | 0 | 0 | DI | III | NA | 0 | IV | 'Advanced' |
358 | PM602 | 1 | 1 | DI | III | T4 | NA | IIIB | 'Advanced' |
142 | PM603 | 1 | 1 | DI | III | T4 | 2 | IIIB | 'Advanced' |
146 | PM608 | 1 | 0 | DI | I | T1 | 0 | I | 'Localized' |
229 | PM609 | 0 | 0 | DI | III | T2 | 0 | IIA | 'Localized' |
162 | PM612 | 1 | 0 | DI | II | T3 | 2 | IIIA | 'Advanced' |
143 | PM613 | 1 | 0 | DI | I | T1 | 0 | I | 'Localized' |
115 | PM615 | 1 | 0 | DI | II | T2 | 0 | IIA | 'Localized' |
215 | PM618 | 1 | 0 | LI | III | NA | 3 | IV | 'Advanced' |
140 | PM620 | 1 | 0 | DI | III | T3 | 3 | IIIC | 'Advanced' |
67 | PM631 | 1 | 0 | LI | II | T3 | 3 | IIIC | 'Advanced' |
172 | PM632 | 0 | 0 | DI | III | NA | 3 | IV | 'Advanced' |
345 | PM634 | 1 | 1 | DI | II | T3 | 2 | IIIA | 'Advanced' |
87 | PM635 | 1 | 0 | LI | NA | T4 | 2 | IIIB | 'Advanced' |
79 | PM642 | 1 | 0 | DI | I | T4 | 2 | IIIB | 'Advanced' |
162 | PM643 | 0 | 0 | DI | III | T4 | 0 | IIIB | 'Advanced' |
105 | PM644 | 0 | 1 | DI | III | T3 | 3 | IIIC | 'Advanced' |
223 | PM649 | 1 | 0 | DI | III | T2 | 2 | IIIA | 'Advanced' |
88 | PM655 | 1 | 0 | DI | III | T2 | 2 | IIIA | 'Advanced' |
216 | PM656 | 1 | 0 | LI | II | T4 | 1 | IIIB | 'Advanced' |
458 | PM658 | 1 | 0 | LI | I | T2 | 3 | IIIC | 'Advanced' |