Table 2.

The pathologic features according to the primary tumor location (%)

^*the cecum-proximal two-thirds of the transverse colon, ^†the sigmoid-descending junction-sigmoid colon, ^‡cancer staging according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (6th ed., 2001), ^§the largest tumor diameter, ^∥well, ^¶moderately, ^**poorly differentiated, ^††mucinous.