Twist Expression in Circulating Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells Predicts Metastasis and Prognoses

Table 5

The prognosis of the 33 patients who underwent hepatectomy.

Classification	Patient number	Number of metastases/recurrences	Number of no recurrences and no metastases		P value	Number of deaths	Number of survival cases		P value
CTC+ group	25	20	5	5.183		19	6	6.812
CTC- group	8	3	5			2	6
Twist+ CTC group	21	19	2	11.806		18	3	12.165
Twist- CTC group	12	4	8			3	9

Note. 33 HCC patients underwent hepatectomy. All patients were followed up for no less than 1 year. P values are from Fisher’s exact test. is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). is significant at the 0.001 level (2-tailed).
CTCs: circulating tumor cells; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma.