Identification of circulating tumour cells in early stage breast cancer patients using multi marker immunobead RT-PCR

Table 2 Clinical details and RT-PCR positivity data.

	Stage	T	N	ER	PR	Grade	LVI	TACSTD1	EPHB4	ELF3	EGFR	MGB1
1	in situ	Tis	-	x	x	ND	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	in situ	Tis	-	+	+	ND	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	in situ	Tis	-	-	-	ND	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	in situ	Tis	-	+	+	ND	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	in situ	Tis	-	x	x	ND	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	in situ	Tis	-	x	x	ND	-	-	-	+	-	-
7	in situ	Tis	-	x	x	ND	-	+	+	+	+	-
8	In situ	Tis	x	+	+	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	I	T1	-	+	+	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	I	T1	-	+	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	I	T1	-	+	+	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	I	T1	-	+	+	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	I	T1	-	+	+	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	I	T1	-	+	+	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	I	T1	-	+	+	1		-	-	-	-	-
16	I	T1	-	+	+	1	-	+	-	-	-	-
17	I	T1	-	+	+	1	-	+	+	-	+	-
18	I	T1	-	+	+	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
19	I	T1	-	+	+	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	I	T1	-	-	+	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	I	T1	-	+	+	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	I	T1	-	-	-	3	-	+	+	-	-	-
23	I	T1	-	+	+	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
24	I	T1	-	+	+	3	+	+	+	+	-	-
25	I	T1	-	-	+	ND	-	-	-	-	-	-
26	IIa	T1	+	+	-	1	-	+	+	+	+	+
27	IIa	T1	+	+	+	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
28	IIa	T1	+	+	+	2	-	+	+	+	+	+
29	IIa	T1	+	+	+	2	-	+	+	+	+	+
30	IIa	T1	+	+	+	2	+	+	+	+	+	+
31	IIa	T1	+	x	x	2	+	-	-	-	-	-
32	IIa	T1	+	+	+	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	IIa	T1	+	-	+	3	-	+	+	+	+	-
34	IIa	T2	-	x	x	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
35	IIa	T2	-	+	+	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
36	IIa	T2	-	+	+	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
37	IIa	T2	-	+	+	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
38	IIa	T2	-	+	+	1	+	+	+	+	-	-
39	IIa	T2	-	+	+	1	+	+	+	+	+	-
40	IIa	T2	-	+	+	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
41	IIa	T2	-	+	+	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
42	IIa	T2	-	+	+	2	+	-	-	-	-	-
43	IIa	T2	-	+	+	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
44	IIa	T2	-	+	+	2	+	-	-	-	-	-
45	IIa	T2	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
46	IIa	T1	-	+	+	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
47	IIb	T2	+	+	+	1	-	+	+	+	+	-
48	IIb	T2	+	x	x	2	+	+	+	+	+	+
49	IIb	T2	+	+	+	3	+	+	+	+	+	+
50	IIb	T2	+	+	+	3	-	+	+	+	+	+
51	IIb	T2	+	+	-	3	+	+	+	+	+	-
52	IIb	T2	+	-	-	3	+	-	-	-	-	-
53	IIb	T3	-	-	-	3	+	+	+	+	+	-
54	IIb	T1	x	-	-	2	+	+	+	+	+	+
55	IIb	T2	x	-	-	3	+	+	+	+	+	-
56	IIIa	T3	+	x	x	2	-	+	+	+	+	-

Stage, tumour size (T), nodal status (N), estrogen receptor status (ER) and progesterone receptor status (PR), lymphovascular invasion (LVI), tumour grade, and positive or negative expression of the 5 RT-PCR markers are shown for the 56 breast cancer patients. ND denotes no data. x denotes unknown.

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