Table 1.

Patients characteristics

Patients (n)	40
Gender
Men	25
Women	15
Median age at diagnosis (years)	58 (35–75)
Performance status (WHO), 0–1	40
Location of primary tumor
Right colon	6
Left colon	28
Rectum	6
Stage (Dukes’)
B2	13
C	27
Relapse
Local	17
Distant	23
Differentiation
Well	2
Moderate	31
Poor	7
Disease-free survival (months)	18 (range, 6–79)