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

Table 2

The relation between CD44-positive CTCs and clinicopathological data of GC patients.

Characteristic	Total	CD44 + CTCs		𝜒^2	𝑃
		Positive	Negative
Gender
Male	18	13	5	0.089	1
Female	9	6	3
Age
≥60	18	12	6	0.355	0.676
<60	9	7	2
Tumor location
Proximal	19	16	3	5.891	0.027
Distant	8	3	5
Histologic grade
Poorly differentiated	15	12	3	1.501	0.398
Well differentiated	12	7	5
Lymph node metastasis
Positive	16	14	2	5.527	0.033
Negative	11	5	6
Distant metastasis
Positive	13	12	1	5.787	0.033
Negative	14	7	7
Recurrence
Positive	14	13	1	7.052	0.011
Negative	13	6	7