Research Article

Prognostic and Therapeutic Significance of Circulating Tumor Cell Phenotype Detection Based on Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Markers in Early and Midstage Colorectal Cancer First-Line Chemotherapy

Table 1

Correlation between clinical characteristics of patients and CTCs of different subgroups.

1-Total1-E1-E&M1-M2-Total2-E2-E&M2-M

Spearman’s rhoGender0.1210.0080.1450.1160.291-0.0500.2940.267
0.2300.9340.1470.2480.2140.8350.2090.255
10110110110120202020
Age0.038-0.060-0.0360.1700.118-0.0280.067-0.103
0.7020.5510.7180.0900.6210.9060.7800.665
10110110110120202020
Size0.5080.0830.4750.3900.0780.0130.363-0.536
0.0000.4110.0000.0000.7450.9560.1160.015
10110110110120202020
Degree-0.351-0.100-0.386-0.1040.003-0.1270.131-0.071
0.0390.5690.0220.5510.9890.5950.5820.767
3535353520202020
Tumor invades0.4650.1190.4110.3860.170-0.0540.1110.163
0.0000.2370.0000.0000.4740.8220.6410.491
10110110110120202020
Lymph nodes0.1990.2260.2320.0930.2030.3640.0650.120
0.0460.0230.0200.3560.3900.1140.7840.614
10110110110120202020
CEA-0.2160.076-0.208-0.252-0.1570.182-0.145-0.275
0.3590.7490.3790.2830.5090.4430.5420.241
2020202020202020
CA199-0.308-0.177-0.093-0.264-0.2310.043-0.184-0.231
0.1860.4550.6950.2600.3280.8570.4370.328
2020202020202020

(2-tailed); (2-tailed).