Table 4 The numbers of patients in different CTC groups who experienced changes in CTC counts during the perioperative period
From: Clinical significance of circulating tumour cells and Ki-67 in renal cell carcinoma
|  | CTCs < 5, n (%) (n = 17 before surgery) | CTCs ≥ 5, n (%) (n = 24 before surgery) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Decreased | No alteration | Decreased | No alteration | |
Immediately after surgery | 11 (64.7) | 6 (35.3) | 15 (62.5) | 9 (37.5) | 0.885 |
One week after surgery | 9 (52.9) | 8 (47.1) | 21 (87.5) | 3 (12.5) | 0.014* |