Research Article

Detection of Circulating Tumour Cells in Urothelial Cancers and Clinical Correlations: Comparison of Two Methods

Table 3

CTC positivity (number of cases and percentage) by ScreenCell stratified according to clinical settings and timepoints.

Clinical settingCTC+ (%) at baseline
(T0)
CTC+ (%) after the 1st cycle of therapy
(T1)
CTC+ (%) after the 2nd cycle of therapy
(T2)

M011/13 (84.6%)4/10 (40.0%)12/14 (85.7%)
M+32/38 (84.2%)27/30 (90.0%)16/17 (94.1%)
22/27 (81.5%)20/22 (90.9%)16/17 (94.1%)
10/11 (90.9%)7/8 (87.5%)
Total43/51 (84.3%)31/40 (77.5%)28/31 (90.3%)