Table 1. Clinicopathological characteristics of patients with colon adenocarcinoma (n=63).

Characteristic	Value	%
Age median (range), years	70 (24–90)
Gender
Male	34	53.97%
Female	29	46.03%
Tumour Nodes Metastases category
T1	2	3.17%
T2	3	4.76%
T3	49	77.78%
T4	9	14.29%
N0	40	63.49%
N1	19	30.16%
N2	4	6.35%
M0	61	96.83%
M1	2	3.17%
American Joint Committee on Cancer category
I	3	4.76%
II	37	58.73%
III	21	33.33%
IV	2	3.17%
Differentiation
Low differentiation	13	20.63%
Moderate differentiation	37	58.73%
High differentiation	8	12.70%
Tubular like	30	47.62%
Sieve like	33	52.38%
Survival status
Alive	36	57.14%
Dead	27	42.86%

Histology of all tumour specimens and regional lymph nodes was confirmed with haematoxylin–eosin staining according to the International Union against Cancer Tumour Nodes Metastases classification. AJCC is a classification system developed by the American Joint Committee on Cancer for describing the extent of disease progression in cancer patients.