Table 1.

Patient and tumor characteristics.

	<75 year	%	>75 year	%	P-value
No. of patients	133	64%	74	36%
Emergency setting	11	9%	16	22%	P < .05
Location of tumor
Right hemicolon	58	44%	41	55%	NS
Left hemicolon	22	17%	6	8%	NS
Sigmoid	49	36%	25	34%	NS
Double tumor	4	3%	2	3%	NS
Invasion depth
T1	8	6%	1	1%	NS
T2	21	16%	11	15%	NS
T3	87	65%	51	69%	NS
T4	17	13%	12	15%	NS
Dukes' classification
A	12	9%	8	11%	NS
B	60	45%	35	47%	NS
C	61	46%	31	42%	NS