Table 3 Results CTC enumeration divided by preoperative chemotherapy

From: Prognostic value of circulating tumour cells for early recurrence after resection of colorectal liver metastases

Total inclusion n =173

Variable

With preoperative chemotherapy ( n =80)

Without preoperative chemotherapy ( n =93)

P -value

CTCs

Number (median (range))

0 (0–13)

1 (0–49)

0.05

CTCs present

29 (36%)

46 (50%)

0.08

CTCs ⩾3

10 (13%)

18 (19%)

0.22

  1. Abbreviation: CTC=circulating tumour cell. Bold entry here represents a statistically significant result.
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