Case Report
Cytomorphology of Circulating Colorectal Tumor Cells: A Small Case Series
Table 1
Patient tumor characteristics and circulating tumor cell count.
| Patient | Age/sex | Time since diagnosis (mon) | Primary tumor site | Locationof metastases | Line of therapy | CTCs (no. per 8 mL) | Patient status |
| Patient 1 | 60/M | 75 | Colon | Liver, LN, lungs, bone, paraspinal | 7th | 282 | Progressive |
| Patient 2 | 54/M | 37 | Colon | Liver | 4th | 25 | Stable |
| Patient 3 | 70/F | 27 | Colon | Liver | 1st | 12 | Stable |
| Patient 4 | 44/F | 16 | Rectum | Liver, lungs, LN ovaries, retroperitoneum | 1st | 23 | Stable |
| Patient 5 | 66/F | 87 | Colon | Liver, retroperitoneal, lung, endometrium | 9th | 164 | Progressive |
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