Table 2

Clinical parameters and HPV characteristics of 6 plasma HPV DNA positive CC patients

Patient

Age

Stage^a

Pathology

Tumor

Response to

Time

Metastatic

HPV

Relative

Code

Type

Size

Radiotherapy

Recur

Organ

type

amount of

(cm)

(month)^b

E6:ZP3

PCR^f

4

39

IIB

Adenomatous

7

Partial

18

0.02

148

65

IIB

Squamous

3

Complete

8

Pleura,

18

0.04

Peritoneum^c

183

27

IIB

Squamous

6

Partial

11

Bone ^c

18

0.05

106

51

IVB

Squamous

>4

Liver, Pleura^d

18

0.14

161

34

R^e

Squamous

7

Umbillicus ^d

16

0.19

59

46

R^e

Squamous

5

Liver, Lung ^d

16

0.05

^a Stage at the time of blood examination; ^bTime for recurrence after complete treatment; ^c Metastasis at time of recurrence; ^d Metastasis at time of plasma DNA analysis; ^e R, recurrence; ^f Average amount from two experiments

Pornthanakasem et al. BMC Cancer 2001 1:2   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-1-2