Table 1

Cytokeratin 20 (CK20) PCR of non-cancer control blood and bone marrow samples

Number of positive tests out of four CK20 PCRs/sample
01234Positive/total patients
Blood37910010/47
    Healthy donor1330003/16
    Non-cancer colon patient940004/13
    Non-cancer/non-colon patient1521003/18
Bone marrow1140004/15
    Non-cancer colon patient110001/2
    Non-cancer/non-colon patient1030003/13