Table 2.
Baseline characteristics for 194 patients with Stage I and II colon cancer
| Variable | pN0i− | pN0i+ | p Value | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Recurred | <0.001 | ||||||
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.38 | 1 | 0.52 | |
| No | 148 | 97.4 | 34 | 80.9 | 182 | 93.8 | |
| Yes | 4 | 2.6 | 7 | 16.7 | 11 | 5.67 | |
| Died | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.38 | <0.001 | 1 | 0.51 |
| No | 147 | 96.7 | 30 | 71.4 | 177 | 91.2 | |
| Yes | 5 | 3.3 | 11 | 26.2 | 16 | 8.3 | |
| Status | <0.001 | ||||||
| Unknown | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.5 | |
| AWD | 3 | 2.0 | 1 | 2.4 | 4 | 2.1 | |
| DOC | 4 | 2.63 | 6 | 14.3 | 10 | 51.5 | |
| DOD | 1 | 0.7 | 5 | 11.9 | 6 | 3.1 | |
| NED | 144 | 94.7 | 29 | 69.0 | 173 | 89.2 | |
pN0i−, pathologically node negative and negative pancytokeratin immunohistochemistry; pN0i+, single or small clusters of distinct tumor cells < 0.2 mm identified by immunohistochemistry or molecular staging; AWD, alive with disease; DOC, died of unrelated causes; DOD, dead of disease; NED, no evidence of disease.