Table 3 Characteristics of patients with detectable CTCs

From: Circulating tumour cells and their association with bone metastases in patients with neuroendocrine tumours

ID

Primary site

Grade

Morphology

Ki67 (%)

Bone metastases

CTCs (n)

CXCR4+ CTCs (n)

CXCR4+ CTCs (%)

CXCR4+ tumour cells on FFPE (%)

Nuclear localisation (%)

Cytoplasmic localisation (%)

1

Pancreas

G2

WD

6%

Yes

361

141

39

100

100

0

2

Midgut

G2

WD

15%

Yes

18

6

33

100

40

60

3

Midgut

G1

WD

 < 2%

Yes

8

4

50

90

0

90

4

Bronchial

G3

PD

50%

Yes

1

0

0

80

80

0

5

Bronchial

G2

WD

10–12%

Yes

179

113

63

100

100

0

6

Midgut

G2

WD

1–15%

Yes

2

2

100

ND

ND

ND

7

Bronchial

G2

WD

12%

Yes

6

3

50

60

50

10

8

Pancreas

G2

WD

5%

Yes

1

1

100

ND

ND

ND

9

Midgut

G1

WD

 < 1%

Yes

23

21

91

ND

ND

ND

10

Bronchial

G2

WD

8%

Yes

78

8

10

20

5

15

11

Midgut

G1

WD

 < 1%

Yes

3

2

67

100

100

0

12

Pancreas

G3

WD

50%

Yes

70

35

50

100

100

0

13

Pancreas

G2

WD

12%

Yes

4

3

75

100

100

0

14

Midgut

G3

PD

80%

No

23

7

30

ND

ND

ND

15

Pancreas

G2

WD

4%

No

1

0

0

100

100

0

16

Pancreas

G2

WD

15%

No

4

0

0

80

80

0

17

Pancreas

G2

WD

8%

No

1

1

100

ND

ND

ND

18

Pancreas

G2

WD

12%

No

28

4

14

40

40

0

19

Bronchial

G3

WD

25%

No

40

11

27

40

40

0

20

Midgut

G1

WD

 < 2%

No

42

30

71

ND

ND

ND

  1. CTC circulating tumour cells, FFPE formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue, WD well-differentiated, PD poorly differentiated, ND not done