Stem Cell-Like Circulating Tumor Cells Indicate Poor Prognosis in Gastric Cancer

Table 1

The relation between CTCs and clinicopathological data of GC patients.

Characteristic	Total	CTC		𝜒^2	𝑃
		Positive	Negative
Gender
Male	27	19	8	3.025	0.122
Female	18	8	10
Age
≥60	29	20	9	2.732	0.122
<60	16	7	9
Tumor location
Proximal	32	21	11	1.46	0.317
Distant	13	6	7
Histologic grade
Poorly differentiated	23	13	10	0.237	0.763
Well differentiated	22	14	8
Lymph node metastasis
Positive	24	19	5	7.872	0.007
Negative	21	8	13
Distant metastasis
Positive	19	15	4	4.919	0.035
Negative	26	12	14
TNM stage
I-II	25	18	7	3.375	0.125
III-IV	20	9	11
Recurrence
Positive	19	15	4	4.919	0.035
Negative	26	12	14