Table 1.

Clinicopathologic information of colorectal cancer patients.

Characteristics	CRC (n = 35)
Gender
Male	19
Female	16
Age (range, years)	46 (34–61)
Tumor stage∗
I	4
IIA	16
IIIA	6
IIIB	8
IIIC	1
Tumor grade
G1	4
G2	24
G3	7

^∗NCCN stage: stage I:  T₁-T₂N₀M₀; stage IIA: T₃N₀M₀; stage IIIA: T₁-T₂N_1/1cM₀ or T₁N_2aM₀; stage IIIB: T_3-4aN_1/1cM₀, T₂-T₃N_2aM₀, or T₁-T₂N_2bM₀; stage IIIC: T_4aN_2aM₀, T₃-T_4aN_2bM₀, or T_4bN₁-T₂M₀.