Table 2. Patient's characteristics analyzed by MCAM.
Patient | Gender | Age | Tumor | Size | Histology | Liver | Duration* | Genes methylated at |
(yrs) | location | (mm) | metastasis | (months) | liver metastasis | |||
A | F | 65 | Proximal | 40 | Mod | synchronous | 3 | 307 (4.7%)** |
B | M | 73 | Proximal | 51 | Mod-Muc | metachronous | 46 | 716 (10.9%)** |
C | M | 60 | Distal | 23 | Mod | metachronous | 12 | 427 (6.5%)** |
, Duration between surgical resection for primary cancer and surgical resection for liver metastasis.
, A vs. B; B vs. C; A vs. C;
p<.0001. Mod, moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma; Muc, mucinous carcinoma; NA, not applicable.