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Table 3 Correlation to distant metastases.

From: Gene expression of circulating tumour cells and its correlation with tumour stage in breast cancer patients

Analyzed gene

Presence of distant metastases

p-value

 

M0

M1

 

ga733.2

4/44 9.1%

4/19 21.1%

0.197

muc-1

4/44 9.1%

6/19 31.6%

0.025

spdef

3/39 7.7%

4/19 21.1%

0.148

mgb1

1/37 2.7%

4/18 22.2%

0.018

ga733.2 / muc-1

5/44 11.4%

7/19 36.8%

0.018

simple positive

7/37 18.9%

8/18 44.4%

0.046

twofold positive

4/37 10.8%

6/18 33.3%

0.063

  1. Correlation between gene expression and distant metastases. Patients were stratified in groups M0 or M1. Simple and twofold positivity of the gene profile ga733.2/muc-1/mgb1/spdef are shown (Pearson's bivariate correlation).