Cytomorphology of Circulating Colorectal Tumor Cells: A Small Case Series

Table 1

Patient tumor characteristics and circulating tumor cell count.

Patient	Age/sex	Time since diagnosis (mon)	Primary tumor site	Locationof metastases	Line of therapy	CTCs (no. per 8 mL)	Patient status
Patient 1	60/M	75	Colon	Liver, LN, lungs, bone, paraspinal	7th	282	Progressive
Patient 2	54/M	37	Colon	Liver	4th	25	Stable
Patient 3	70/F	27	Colon	Liver	1st	12	Stable
Patient 4	44/F	16	Rectum	Liver, lungs, LN ovaries, retroperitoneum	1st	23	Stable
Patient 5	66/F	87	Colon	Liver, retroperitoneal, lung, endometrium	9th	164	Progressive