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Table 2 Expression profile of circulating tumor cells in breast cancer patients compared with the primary tumor

From: Detection and characterization of circulating tumor cells in blood of primary breast cancer patients by RT-PCR and comparison to status of bone marrow disseminated cells

  

Circulating tumor cells

Primary tumor (n = 58)

Concordance (%)

 

n

n

%

n

%

 

ER-positive

48

12

25

45

78

29

PR-positive

48

2

2

41

71

25

HER2-positive

58

22

38

9

16

53

Muc-1-positive

58

31

53

-

-

-

GA 73.3-positive

58

32

55

-

-

-

  1. ER, estrogen receptor; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; PR, progesterone receptor.
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Breast Cancer Research

ISSN: 1465-542X

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