Table I.
Clinicopathological features of the patients with colon cancer (n=125).
| 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) |
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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.