Table 5.
The location of the tumors throughout the colon in correlation to the p16INK4A expression
| p16 expression | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| negative | weak | moderate | strong | ||||||
| proximal | right hemicolon | 7 | 30.4% | 2 | 18.2% | 2 | 11.1% | 2 | 5.6% |
| caecum | 3 | 13.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 5.6% | 3 | 8.3% | |
| colon asecendens | 1 | 4.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 2.8% | |
| colon transversum | 1 | 4.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 2.8% | |
| hepatic angle | 4 | 17.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 2.8% | |
| jejenum | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 5.6% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| distal | left hemicolon | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 5.6% | 3 | 8.3% |
| recto-sigmoid | 1 | 4.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 11.1% | 1 | 2.8% | |
| sigmoid | 1 | 4.3% | 3 | 27.3% | 6 | 33.3% | 12 | 33.3% | |
| rectal | rectum | 5 | 21.7% | 6 | 54.5% | 5 | 27.8% | 12 | 33.3% |
| TOTAL | 23 | 100.0% | 11 | 100.0% | 18 | 100.0% | 36 | 100.0% | |
The actual location of the tumor in the large bowel could not be retrieved in 2 cases.