Table 1.
Patient no. | Age | Sex | Stagea | Therapy |
1 | 62 | F | T3N1M0 | S.R. |
2 | 73 | F | T4NXM1 | B.P. |
Controls | ||||
3 | 83 | M | ||
4 | 83 | M | ||
5 | 84 | F | ||
6 | 79 | M |
aStaging according to American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) and International Union Against Cancer. M, male; F, female. B.P., by-pass; S.R., sigmoid resection.