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. 2005 Jan 18;92(2):259–264. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602330

Table 2. Patient characteristics.

  Mucinous Nonmucinous P-value
N 21 30
Age (years) 68.9 69.2 0.98
Male:female 12:9 16:14 1.00
Tumour diameter (cm) 5.3 5.1 0.31
       
Location     0.16
 Right 9 (43%) 12 (40%)
 Transverse 4 (19%) 3 (10%)
 Left/sigmoid 8 (38%) 9 (30%)
 Rectum 0 (0%) 6 (20%)
       
Median no. LNs evaluated 19 16.5 0.52
Median no. positive LNs 2 2 0.78
       
Tumour differentiation     0.71
 Poor 5 (24%) 7 (23%)
 Moderate 13 (62%) 16 (53%)
 Well 3 (14%) 7 (23%)

All patients are stage III.