Table 1 |
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Spiked MCF-7 cell recovery rates in EDTA and CellSave tubes |
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| At 4°C |
At room temperature |
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| 0 to 4 hrs |
24 hrs |
48 hrs |
72 hrs |
0 to 4 hrs |
24 hrs |
48 hrs |
72 hrs |
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| EDTA tube |
63 ± 2 |
75 ± 1 |
73 ± 5 |
69 ± 7 |
51 ± 17 |
37 ± 1 |
29 ± 12 |
9 ± 5 |
| CellSave tube |
75 ± 12 |
61 ± 22 |
57 ± 9 |
70 ± 10 |
71 ± 9 |
59 ± 15 |
49 ± 3 |
39 ± 13 |
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Results shown as mean ± standard deviation. |
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Deng et al. Breast Cancer Research 2008 10:R69 doi:10.1186/bcr2131 |
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