Table 2.
Clinical characteristic of the CRC patients
| Clinical parameters | Numbers |
|---|---|
| Cases | 30 |
| Age | |
| < 65 | 14 |
| ≥ 65 | 16 |
| Tumor size | |
| Small size (< 5 cm) | 20 |
| Large size ( ≥ 5 cm) | 10 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 15 |
| Female | 15 |
| Invasion levels | |
| Mucosa | 2 |
| Submucosa | 4 |
| Muscle | 7 |
| Serosa | 17 |
| TNM stage | |
| Stage 1-2 | 21 |
| Stage 3-4 | 9 |
| Lymph node metastasis | |
| Positive | 17 |
| Negative | 13 |
| Grade of tumors | |
| Low grade | 5 |
| Intermediate grade | 23 |
| High grade | 2 |
| Vascular invasion | |
| Positive | 14 |
| Negative | 16 |
| Perineural invasion | |
| Positive | 7 |
| Negative | 23 |