Table 1.

Patient and Tissue Characteristics of the Adenocarcinomas

Case	Age (years)	Sex	Localization of tumor	Degree of differentiation	Dukes’ stage	PCD/DCoH expression
1	62	F	Left Colon	Moderate	A	++
2	71	F	Right Colon	Moderate	B	++
3	48	M	Left Colon	Moderate	B	++
4	73	M	Right Colon	Moderate	B	++
5	74	M	Left Colon	Moderate	B	++
6	62	M	Left Colon	Moderate	B	++
7	80	M	Left Colon	Moderate	B	++
8	61	F	Left Colon	Moderate	B	++
9	76	M	Left Colon	Well	B	++
10	76	M	Right Colon	Well	B	++
11	76	F	Left Colon	Well	B	++
12	65	F	Left Colon	Moderate	B	++
13	71	F	Right Colon	Moderate	C	++
14	52	M	Right Colon	Moderate	C	++
15	63	M	Left Colon	Moderate	C	++
16	63	M	Left Colon	Moderate	C	++
17	64	M	Left Colon	Well	C	++
18	75	F	Left Colon	Well	C	++
19	71	F	Left Colon	Moderate	D	++
20	76	F	Left Colon	Well	D	++

F, female; M, male; ++, staining in >50% of the epithelial cells.