Extracorporeal tumor cell filtration during extended liver surgery: first clinical use of leukocyte depletion filters – a case series

Table 1 Patient’s characteristics

Case	Age/sex	Primary Tumor		Prior treatment before admission
		Location	Stage	Surgery	CTX	RTX
		Location	(UICC, TNM)	Surgery	CTX	RTX
1	72/m	Colon	III	Hemicolectomy left	+	-
1	72/m	Colon	T3N1M0	Hemicolectomy left	+	-
2	66/f	Rectum	IV	Anterior rectum resection	+	+
2	66/f	Rectum	T3N0M1
3	49/f	Colon	IV	Rectosigmoidectomy	+	-
			T3N2M1	Hemihepatectomy right + S III
			T3N2M1	Metastasectomy S II
4	62/m	Rectum	IV	Anterior rectum resection	+	-
4	62/m	Rectum	T3N2M1	Segmentectomy S VII	+	-

Patient data: localization, UICC, and TMN stage of primary tumor; prior treatment before admission: surgery, chemotherapy (CTX), and radiotherapy (RTX).

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