Table I.
Clinicopathological data of the 78 colorectal cancer patients included in the present study.
| Clinicopathological parameter | Patient, n (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 52 (66.7) |
| Female | 26 (33.3) |
| Age, years | |
| <65 | 41 (52.6) |
| ≥65 | 37 (47.4) |
| Tumor location | |
| Colon | 38 (48.7) |
| Rectum | 40 (51.3) |
| Histological differentiation | |
| Well-differentiated | 26 (33.3) |
| Moderately-differentiated | 36 (46.2) |
| Poorly-differentiated | 16 (20.5) |
| Tumor stage | |
| T1 | 1 (1.3) |
| T2 | 7 (9.0) |
| T3 | 30 (38.5) |
| T4 | 40 (51.3) |
| Lymph node involvement | |
| N0 | 42 (53.8) |
| N1 | 24 (30.8) |
| N2 | 12 (15.4) |
| Metastasis | |
| M0 | 73 (93.6) |
| M1 | 5 (6.4) |
| TNM stagea | |
| I | 5 (6.4) |
| II | 37 (47.4) |
| III | 31 (39.7) |
| IV | 5 (6.4) |
a
American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system. TNM, tumor-node-metastasis.