Circulating Tumor Cell Enumeration for Serial Monitoring of Treatment Outcomes for Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Cancers (Basel) · 2023 · PMC9913330 · PMID 36765790

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CTC Analysis at Baseline At baseline, patients with a high epithelial CTC level (≥2 CTC1E) showed a marginal trend of shorter PFS ( p = 0.055) but no significant difference for OS ( p = 0.115) compared to those with a low epithelial CTCE level (<2 CTC1E) ( Figure 3 A(i)).

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