Table 1. Characteristics of the cohort of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients and summary of the pathology of the tumour microarrays used to analysis the expression of PKC Beta II.

	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
N	7	24	161	5
Male/Female	5/2	7/17	96/65	1/4
Age, median (range)	69 (45–75)	65 (45–86)	72 (34–94)	67 (53–92)
CRC mortality	0	8	105	4
Lymphvascular Invasion	0	2	136	0
Metastatic	0	6	24	5