Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

	All Patients
	N	%
Totals	281
Age, years
<50	18	6.4
50–75	177	63.2
>75	85	30.4
Sex
Male	149	53.0
Female	132	47.0
T Stage
T1/T2	89	31.7
T3	158	56.2
T4	34	12.1
Nodal Status
N0	212	75.4
N1	42	15.0
N2	27	9.6
Grade
Well	23	8.2
Moderate	210	74.7
Poor/Unknown	48	17.1
Chemotherapy
Yes	101	35.9
No	180	64.1
Tumor Site
Left Colon	24	8.6
Right Colon	126	45.0
Sigmoid Colon	97	34.6
Rectum	33	11.8
Number of lymph nodes harvested
≤12	66	23.4
>12	215	76.5