From: Flow cytometric analysis of CK19 expression in the peripheral blood of breast carcinoma patients: relevance for circulating tumor cell detection
Total number
Positive Detection Rate
Healthy control
25
0/25 (0%)
Benign tumor
7
0/7 (0%)
Stage I patients
4
0/4 (0%)
Stage II patients
23
2/23 (9%)
Stage III patients
5/7 (70%)
Stage IV patients
6/7 (86%)