Fig. 3From: Impact of endoscopic metallic stent placement and emergency surgery on detection of viable circulating tumor cells for acute malignant left-sided colonic obstructionA The number of CTCs before/after stent placement (p=0.90). B The number of CTCs before stent placement and before ES (p=0.39). C The number of CTCs after stent placement and before ES (p=0.63). C The number of CTCs after radical surgery in the SEMS group and after ES (p=0.23)Back to article page