Table 1.

Clinical patient data and corresponding colorectal carcinoma samples grown as spheroids in vitro

Patient #	Gender	Age	Tumor localizationa	TNM Stage (I-IV)	Spheroid formation
1	M	65	Distal	III	Yes
2	F	48	Distal	II	Yes
3	F	73	Distal	II	Yes
4	M	83	Distal	III	Yes
5	F	81	Proximal	III	Yes
6	M	69	Proximal	II	No
7	M	74	Distal	III	Yes
8	F	82	Distal	II	Yes
9	M	52	Proximal	III	Yes
10	M	85	Distal	II	Yes
11	F	56	Proximal	III	Yes
12	F	47	Distal	III	Yes

Samples of patients 9, 11, 12 (highlighted in red) were used for proteomics.