Table I.
Parameters | No. of patients (%) |
---|---|
Age (years) | |
<60 | 57 (45.6) |
≥60 | 68 (54.4) |
Gender | |
Male | 78 (62.4) |
Female | 47 (37.6) |
Location | |
Left hemicolon | 71 (56.8) |
Right hemicolon | 54 (43.2) |
Pathological grade | |
G1 | 14 (11.2) |
G2 | 102 (81.6) |
G3 | 9 (7.2) |
Tumor size (cm) | |
<2 | 14 (11.2) |
2–5 | 77 (61.6) |
>5 | 34 (27.2) |
AJCC stage | |
II | 61 (48.8) |
III | 64 (51.2) |
Tumor invasion | |
pT1–T2a | 16 (12.8) |
pT3 | 60 (48.0) |
pT4 | 49 (39.2) |
Lymph node status | |
pN0 | 61 (48.8) |
pN1 | 38 (30.4) |
pN2 | 26 (20.8) |
As the number of patients with tumors of pT1 and pT2 stages was small, patients from these stages were combined for the analysis. Grading was according to World Health Organization classification; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer.