Table 3.

A comparison of the overall 5 year survival based on stage for the study groups

Stage	Colorectal group	General surgical group	Historical group
I	90%a	67%	72%
II	62%	57%	58%
III	60%b	46%	34%
IV (2 year survivals)	22%	21%	19%

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.05 vs the other two group.