Table 2.
Clinical and pathological characteristics of patients with colorectal cancer
| Case | Dukes’ | Histological | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locationa | stage | Histologyb | Depth | LN metastasis | EXc | |
| 1 | R | A | tub1 | sm | – | – |
| 2 | R | A | tub1 | mp | – | – |
| 3 | R | B | tub1 | ss | – | – |
| 4 | D | B | tub2 | ss | – | – |
| 5 | A | B | por1 | ss | – | – |
| 6 | A | B | tub1 | ss | – | – |
| 7 | A | B | por1 | ss | – | – |
| 8 | S | B | tub2 | ss | – | – |
| 9 | A | B | tub2 | ss | – | – |
| 10 | A | B | muc | se | – | + |
| 11 | D | C | por | ss | + | + |
| 12 | D | C | tub2 | ss | + | – |
| 13 | Rb | C | tub2 | mp | + | – |
| 14 | R | C | tub2 | ss | + | + |
a D descending colon, A ascending colon, R rectum, Rb rectum below peritoneal reflection, S sigmoid colon, T transverse colon
b tub1 well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma, tub2 moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma, por1 poorly differentiated solid adenocarcinoma, muc mucinous adenocarcinoma, sm submucosa, mp muscularis propria, ss subserosa, se serosa-exposed
c EX extramural cancer deposits without lymph node structure