Research Article

Screening Circulating Tumor Cells as a Noninvasive Cancer Test in 3388 Individuals from High-Risk Groups (ICELLATE2)

Table 1

Numbers of circulating tumor cells relative their age, for individual subjects. 1 to 10 circulating tumor cells per 7.5 ml blood sample in 107 individuals out of the 3388 screened.

AgeTotal number pat1 CTC2 CTC3 CTC4 CTC≥5 CTCNumber of CTC pos pat%

45–49699612332263.72
50–54734312442253.41
55–5967417611162.37
60–64518210311173.28
65–6937408101102.67
70–742300430183.48
75–801590400153.14
3388125720991073.16