Table 1.
Baseline clinical characteristics.
| n = 190 | |
|---|---|
| Age, years | |
| Median | 64 |
| Range | 29–78 |
| Sex | |
| Female | 100 |
| Male | 90 |
| ECOG PS | |
| 0 | 173 |
| 1 | 17 |
| Tumor location | |
| Accending | 54 |
| Transverse | 22 |
| Descending | 17 |
| Sigmoid/Rrectosigmoid | 97 |
| Depth of invasion | |
| T1 | 6 |
| T2 | 16 |
| T3 | 98 |
| T4a | 50 |
| T4b | 20 |
| Lymph node classification | |
| N1 | 99 |
| N2 | 91 |
| TNM Stagea | |
| IIIA | 16 |
| IIIB | 104 |
| IIIC | 70 |
| Japanese Stageb | |
| IIIa | 92 |
| IIIb | 98 |
ECOG PS: Eastern Clinical Oncology Group Performance Status.
aUICC TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors, 7th edition.
bJapanese Classification of Colorectal Carcinoma, 7th edition (Second English edition).