Table 1.
Clinicopathologic characteristics of colorectal cancer patients
| Characteristics |
Methylation-profiling subjects |
Validation subjects |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-patients (n = 10) | Patients (n = 21) | Patients (n = 10) | |
| Age (years) |
|
|
|
| > 65 |
4 |
13 |
5 |
| ≤ 65 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
| Gender |
|
|
|
| Male |
2 |
14 |
5 |
| Female |
8 |
7 |
5 |
| Location |
|
|
|
| Rectum |
|
5 |
5 |
| Right, left colon |
10 |
16 |
5 |
| Clinical stage |
|
|
|
| I + II |
|
11 |
5 |
| III + IV |
|
10 |
5 |
| Differentiation |
|
|
|
| Well |
|
7 |
5 |
| Moderate |
|
14 |
5 |
| Lymphatic metastasis |
|
|
|
| Present |
|
9 |
5 |
| Absent |
|
12 |
5 |
| Maximum tumor diameter (mm) |
|
|
|
| > 25 |
|
7 |
5 |
| ≤ 25 |
|
14 |
5 |
| Smoking (1 pack/day) |
|
|
|
| Yes |
|
9 |
4 |
| No |
|
12 |
6 |
| Alcohol intake (3 times/week) |
|
|
|
| Yes |
|
11 |
4 |
| No | 10 | 6 | |