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Share Repurchase Plan - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended | |||
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Nov. 30, 2014
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Nov. 30, 2013
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Jun. 06, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2011
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| Schedule of Share Repurchase Plan [Line Items] | ||||
| Number of shares authorized to repurchase | (3,000,000)us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased | (1,000,000)us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased | ||
| Shares repurchase plan | Open market purchases, privately negotiated block trades, unsolicited negotiated transactions, and/or pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities and Exchange Commission | |||
| Number of shares repurchased | 2,215,111us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired | |||
| Average price per share (repurchased) | $ 2.31us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare | |||
| Treasury stock, shares | 2,215,111us-gaap_TreasuryStockNumberOfSharesHeld | 1,276,915us-gaap_TreasuryStockNumberOfSharesHeld | ||
| Common stock additional share repurchased | 8,506ccel_CommonStockAdditionalShareRepurchased | |||
| Average price per share additional repurchased | $ 2.35ccel_CommonStockRepurchaseAveragePricePerShare | |||
| Saneron [Member] | ||||
| Schedule of Share Repurchase Plan [Line Items] | ||||
| Treasury stock, shares |
0us-gaap_TreasuryStockNumberOfSharesHeld / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = ccel_SaneronMember |
150,100us-gaap_TreasuryStockNumberOfSharesHeld / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = ccel_SaneronMember |
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Common stock additional share repurchased. No definition available.
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Common stock repurchase average price per share. No definition available.
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The number of shares authorized to be repurchased by an entity's Board of Directors under a stock repurchase plan. No definition available.
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Total cost of shares repurchased divided by the total number of shares repurchased. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Description of share repurchase program, including accounting treatment. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Number of shares held for each class of treasury stock. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and are being held in treasury. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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