Table 1 Demographic and clinical information of 21 patients with disseminated NPC .

From: Clinical utility of serial analysis of circulating tumour cells for detection of minimal residual disease of metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Patient No.

Age

Gender

Stage at initial diagnosis (TNM)

Distant metastasis site

PFS (Months)

Recurrence

Treatment outcome (PET3)

Survival

1

57

M

IVC (T3N3bM1)

Bone, LNs

4

Yes

SMD

 

2

57

M

IVC (T3N3M1)

Bone

5

Yes

SMD

 

3

70

M

III (T3N2M0)

Distant LNs

5

Yes

PMD

Dead

4

37

M

III (T3N2M0)

Bone, pleural, liver, LN

5

Yes

PMD

Dead

5

57

M

IVC (T1N3bM1)

Bone, liver, LNs

5

Yes

PMD

Dead

6

62

M

IVA (T4N2M0)

Liver, LN

5

Yes

PMD

 

7

38

M

IVB (T2N3bM0)

Bone, LN

6

Yes

PMD

Dead

8

51

M

III (T3N1M0)

Bone, lung, LN

4

Yes

PMD

Dead

9

45

M

IVC (T3N3M1)

Bone, liver, LN

5

Yes

PMD

 

10

59

F

IVC (T4N0M1)

Bone, liver

11 PD

Yes

PMR

 

11

53

M

IVC (T4N3M1)

Bone, presacral nodule

12 PD

Yes

PMR

 

12

69

M

IVA (T4N1M0)

Lung

25

No

PMR

Dead

13

52

M

III (T3N1M0)

Lung, LN

15 In remission

No

PMR

 

14

38

M

III (T3N1M0)

Bone, liver, lung

10 PD

Yes

CMR

 

15

64

F

IVC (T1N2M1)

Liver

24 PD

Yes

CMR

 

16

59

M

IVC (T3N3bM1)

Liver, lung

8 PD

Yes

CMR

Dead

17

50

M

IVC (T3N2M1)

Liver

9 PD

Yes

CMR

 

18

62

M

IVC (T3N3M1)

Lung

28 in remission

No

CMR

 

19

41

F

III (T3N1M0)

Lung, LN

17 in remission

No

CMR

 

20

63

F

III (T1N2M0)

Bone, lung

30 in remission

No

CMR

 

21

13

F

IVC (T4N3M1)

Bone, liver

18 in remission

No

CMR