From: Quantification of circulating endothelial and progenitor cells: comparison of quantitative PCR and four-channel flow cytometry
Parameters
No. of patients
Rectal cancer patients
20
UICC stage I
6 (30%)
UICC stage II
5 (25%)
UICC stage III
9 (45%)
median age (years)
64
female
NSCLC patients
25
UICC stage IV
25 (100%)
65
10 (40%)