Table 2
Absolute expression of CEA, CK20, and GCC mRNA detected in Dukes’ B and C colorectal cancer by R-PCR, and the presence (in bold) or absence of cancer specific expression based on the cutoff values defined in the text
| Patient | Stage | CEA | CK20 | GCC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FT | PET | FT | PET | FT | PET | ||
| –, no gene amplification; FT, frozen tissue; NA, not available; PET, paraffin wax embedded tissue. | |||||||
| 1 | B | 3.31×1011 | 4.82×109 | 7.39×107 | 8.90×107 | – | – |
| 2 | B | 8.03×1011 | 6.07×109 | 2.56×107 | 1.70×106 | – | – |
| 3 | B | NA | 1.25×109 | NA | – | NA | – |
| 4 | B | NA | 8.27×109 | NA | 1.99×105 | NA | – |
| 5 | B | 2.93×1011 | 1.83×109 | – | – | 3.32×108 | – |
| 6 | B | 1.34×1010 | 1.47×109 | – | – | 7.16×109 | – |
| 7 | B | 2.34×1013 | 1.72×1010 | 2.77×108 | 5.97×107 | 1.39×1011 | 8.64×109 |
| 8 | B | 2.19×109 | 2.13×109 | – | – | – | 1.09×109 |
| 9 | B | 5.59×109 | 2.17×108 | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | B | 1.88×109 | – | – | 2.10×107 | – | – |
| 11 | B | 1.09×1013 | 1.36×109 | 2.94×108 | – | – | 1.10×1010 |
| 12 | C | 3.54×1012 | 1.57×1012 | 6.28×108 | 5.48×107 | 4.35×1011 | – |
| 13 | C | 1.61×1013 | 8.38×1011 | 1.87×107 | 2.07×108 | 1.53×1012 | 8.47×107 |
| 14 | C | 9.88×1013 | 1.26×109 | 2.43×107 | 7.53×107 | – | – |
| 15 | C | 1.13×1012 | 1.42×1011 | 7.56×108 | 2.24×108 | – | – |
| 16 | C | 1.20×1015 | 6.30×1010 | 2.95×107 | 2.42×107 | 7.51×1012 | 1.88×107 |
| 17 | C | NA | 3.60×1010 | NA | 3.84×103 | NA | 2.92×1010 |
| 18 | C | 9.76×1012 | 2.89×1011 | 1.65×108 | 9.69×107 | 4.60×1011 | 6.62×1010 |
| 19 | C | 2.14×1013 | 8.14×1010 | 4.14×109 | – | 7.90×1011 | 1.07×109 |
| 20 | C | NA | 2.64×109 | NA | 7.54×107 | NA | – |
| 21 | C | 1.08×1011 | 3.87×1010 | 3.88×105 | 6.17×107 | 3.57×109 | 5.83×1010 |
| 22 | C | 1.65×1011 | 1.36×1012 | 7.36×108 | 1.30×1010 | 2.27×109 | – |
| 23 | C | 4.11×1011 | 2.24×109 | 7.23×105 | – | 8.89×108 | – |
| 24 | C | 2.76×1012 | 5.86×1011 | 2.01×102 | – | 8.34×109 | 1.93×109 |
| 25 | C | 2.90×1012 | 4.11×109 | 5.62×107 | 4.72×107 | 1.27×1010 | – |
| 26 | C | 2.19×1010 | 4.29×109 | 2.11×108 | – | 1.09×1010 | – |
