Associations between the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Phenotypes of Circulating Tumor Cells and the Clinicopathological Features of Patients with Colorectal Cancer

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the patients and detection of CTCs.

Parameter	Number of patients	Percentage (%)
Total	126
Gender
Male	68	53.97
Female	58	46.03
Age
<60	60	47.62
>60	66	52.38
Differentiation
Poor	27	21.43
Well and moderate	99	78.57
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	70	55.56
No	56	44.44
TNM stage
I	17	13.49
II	39	30.95
III	41	32.54
IV	26	20.63
CEA
≤3.5 ng/ml	45	35.71
>3.5 ng/ml	81	64.29
CA199
≤27 U/ml	76	60.32
>27 U/ml	50	39.68
CTCs
Negative	29	23.02
E	97	76.98
E/M	71	56.35
M	53	42.06
CTM	46	36.51