Table 1.

Characteristic features of study populations.

	HD	CRC
Number	21	21 (9)b
Age (median)	30 (19–51)a	46 (32–74)a
Gender (male:female)	9:12	13:8
TNM stage
I		2 (1)b
II		7 (3)b
III		11 (4)b
IV		1 (1)b
Tumor size (cm)		4.2 (0.2–10)a
Lymph node invasion		11
Liver metastasis		1
Histological grade
Well/moderate		17
Poor/undifferentiated		4

HD, healthy donor; CRC, colorectal cancer.

^aData shown represent median (range).

^bSamples taken from patients for investigating tissue-infiltrating immune cells.