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Table 3 Comparison of Positive Rates of Serum AFP, AFP-L3 and CTCs [cases (%)]

From: Combined detection of circulating tumor cells, α-fetoprotein heterogene-3 and α-fetoprotein in the early diagnosis of HCC for the prediction of efficacy, prognosis, recurrence after microwave ablation

Indexes

Normal control group(n=110)

Hepatitis group(n=127)

Cirrhosis group(n=102)

HCC group(n=143)

χ2

P

AFP

0(0.0)

5(3.9)

21(20.6)

92(64.3)

152.7

<0.001

AFP-L3

0(0.0)

4(3.1)

23(22.5)

105(73.4)

176.1

<0.001

CTCs

0(0.0)

2(1.6)

28(27.5)

117(81.8)

205.8

<0.001

AFP and AFP-L3

0(0.0)

7(5.5)

30(29.4)

126(88.1)

220.9

<0.001

AFP and CTCs

0(0.0)

6(4.7)

34(33.3)

130(90.9)

193.6

<0.001

AFP-L3 and CTCs

0(0.0)

5(3.9)

32(31.4)

133(93.0)

187.3

<0.001

AFP and AFP-L3 and CTCs

0(0.0)

8(6.3)

35(34.3)

139(97.2)

195.2

<0.001