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. 2006 May 23;94(12):1833–1836. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603185

Table 1. Clinicopathological characteristics in patients undergoing potentially curative surgery with and without adjuvant 5-FU chemotherapy for colorectal cancer.

  No adjuvant 5-FU Adjuvant 5-FU P-value
  172 (%) 50 (%)  
Age group (years)      
 <65 40 (23) 26 (52)  
 65–74 58 (34) 18 (36)  
 ⩾75 74 (43) 6 (12) <0.001
 
Sex      
 Male 88 (51) 33 (66)  
 Female 84 (49) 17 (34) 0.064
 
Site      
 Colon 100 (58) 28 (56)  
 Rectum 72 (42) 22 (44) 0.788
 
Dukes stage      
 A 23 (13) 0 (0)  
 B 96 (56) 9 (18)  
 C 53 (31) 41 (82) <0.001
 
C-reactive protein      
 ⩽10 mg l−1 95 (55) 32 (64)  
 >10 mg l−1 77 (45) 18 (36) 0.270
 
Albumin      
 ⩾35 g l−1 132 (77) 45 (90)  
 <35 g l−1 20 (12) 0 (0) 0.01
Alive 126 (74) 35 (70)  
 
Dead      
 Cancer specific 23 (13) 9 (18)  
 Intercurrent 23 (13) 6 (12) 0.709