Table II.

Clinicopathological characteristics of CRC patients.

Variable	Frequency, n=20
Gender
Male	9
Female	11
Age at diagnosis
Mean ± standard deviation	61±10.6
Median range	61 (26–84)
TNM stage
I	5
II	3
III	7
IV	5
Nodal stage
Positive	12
Negative	8
T stage
T1	3
T2	4
T3	9
T4	4
Tumor location
Rectum	7
Distal colon	5
Proximal colon	8
Histology
Adenocarcinoma	16
Mucous adenocarcinoma	2
Signet ring cell	2

CRC, colorectal cancer; TNM, tumor-node-metastasis.