Circulating tumor cells in pancreatic cancer patients: Enrichment and cultivation

Table 1 Patient characteristics and circulating tumor cells examination results n (%)

Patient characteristics	Total patients (n)	With detected CTC
T stage	24
T1	0	0 (0)
T2	2	1 (50)
T3	11	9 (81.8)
T4	11	6 (54.5)
N stage
N0	7	6 (85.7)
N1	17	10 (58.9)
M stage
M0	21	14 (66.7)
M1	3	2 (66.7)
Grading
1	1	0 (0)
2	13	8 (61.5)
3	9	8 (88.9)
4	1	0 (0)
Disease stage
I	1	1 (100)
IIA	5	4 (80)
IIB	7	5 (71.4)
III	8	4 (50)
IV	3	2 (66.7)

CTCs: Circulating tumor cells.

Table 2 Individual patient characteristics and circulating tumor cells examination results

Stadium	Tumor histology	CTC	T	N	M	G	Surgery
IB	Ductal	YES	2	0	0	2	Operabile
IIA	Cylindrocellular	YES	3	0	0	3	Operabile
IIA	Ductal	YES	3	0	0	3	Operabile
IIA	Ductal	YES	3	0	0	3	Operabile
IIA	Ductal	NO	3	0	0	2	Inoperabile
IIA	Ductal	YES	3	0	0	2	Operabile
IIB	X	YES	3	1	0	3	Inoperabile
IIB	Ductal	YES	3	1	0	3	Inoperabile
IIB	X	NO	3	1	0	2	Inoperabile
IIB	Ductal	YES	3	1	0	3	Operabile
IIB	Ductal	YES	3	1	0	2	Operabile
IIB	Ductal	YES	3	1	0	2	Inoperabile
IIB	Anaplastic	NO	2	1	0	4	Operabile
III	Ductal	NO	4	1	0	2	Operabile
III	Ductal	NO	4	1	0	2	Operabile
III	Ductal/cylindrocellular	NO	4	1	0	1	Operabile
III	Ductal	YES	4	1	0	3	Inoperabile
III	Ductal/cribriform	NO	4	1	0	2	Operabile
III	Ductal	YES	4	0	0	2	Operabile
III	Ductal/neuroendocrine	YES	4	1	0	2	Inoperabile
III	Ductal	YES	4	1	0	3	Inoperabile
IV	Ductal	YES	4	1	1	2	Inoperabile
IV	Ductal	NO	4	1	1	3	Operabile
IV	Ductal	YES	4	1	1	2	Operabile

CTCs: Circulating tumor cells.