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Table 2 Comparison of RCC patient blood samples processed with or without cryopreservation

From: Detection of tumor-associated cells in cryopreserved peripheral blood mononuclear cell samples for retrospective analysis

Time point

Day

Typical CAML, cells/tubea

Denucleated CAML, cells/tube

Fresh

Frozen

Fresh

Frozen

Tube 1

Tube 2

Mean

Tube 3

Tube 1

Tube 2

Mean

Tube 3

1

0

14

12

13

13

4

4

4

5

2

40

1

2

1.5

2

2

3

2.5

2

3

60b

3

5

4

4

3

4

3.5

3

  1. CAML cancer-associated macrophage-like cell; RCC renal cell carcinoma
  2. a7.5 mL of whole blood was processed per tube
  3. bRCC patient 1 died on day 73