Identification of circulating tumour cells in early stage breast cancer patients using multi marker immunobead RT-PCR.

J Hematol Oncol · 2009 · PMC2712470 · PMID 19500345

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marginally significantp = 0.04actually significant

There was a marginally significant association found between marker positivity and PR status (p = 0.04).

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a definite trendno p-value reported

Disease-free survival was not found to be significantly associated with marker status however a definite trend towards poorer disease free survival was observed.

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a strong trendno p-value reported

A strong trend towards improved disease free survival was seen for marker negative patients although it did not reach significance (p = 0.08).

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