Table 1 Lung metastasis in the primary tumor-CTC mouse model

From: Primary tumor-derived exosomes facilitate metastasis by regulating adhesion of circulating tumor cells via SMAD3 in liver cancer

 

Incidence

No. of nodulesa

Inoculation

0/8

0

Vein injection

0/8

0

Inoculation + vein injection

4/4b

1.8 (1–3)

Inoculation-resection + vein injection

0/6

0

Post-resection recurrence

½

2.5 (0–5)

  1. aData are shown as the average (range)
  2. bP < 0.01 compared with other groups, except the post-resection recurrence group
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