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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2010 Sep;252(3):467–476. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f19767

Table 6. Disease recurrence according to anatomic site and nodal disease volume.

Nodal Disease Volume
N0i- N0i+ N1mi N1/2
n= % Recurred 4 year DFS % Recurred 4 year DFS % Recurred 4 year DFS % Recurred 4 year DFS p=
Study population 253 9/141 (6.4%) 92.4% 2/27 (7.4%) 91.7% 2/9 (22.2%) 72.9% 25/76 (32.9%) 57.9% <0.001
Colon only 217 7/119 (5.9%) 92.7% 2/26 (7.7%) 91.3% 2/9 (22.2%) 72.9% 22/63 (34.9%) 55.5% <0.001
Rectal only 36 2/22 (9.1%) 89.4% 0/1 (0%) 100% – 3/13 (23.1%) 67.5% 0.39