Table 1.
Demographics table of 119 patients/tumours
| Characteristics | Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex (female/male) | 63/56 |
| Age (median) | 69 (32–91) |
| Histopathological evaluation | |
| Tumour localization | |
| Caecum | 23 (19%) |
| Ascending colon | 22 (18%) |
| Hepatic flexure | 8 (7%) |
| Transverse colon | 11 (9%) |
| Splenic flexure | 4 (3%) |
| Descending colon | 6 (5%) |
| Sigmoid colon | 45 (38%) |
| Tumor Stage | |
| T1 | 10 (8%) |
| T2 | 16 (13%) |
| T3 | 93 (78%) |
| Positive lymph node status | |
| T1 tumours | 2/10 (20%) |
| T2 tumours | 2/16 (12%) |
| T3 tumours | 35/93 (38%) |
| Stage | |
| Stage I | 22 (18%) |
| Stage II | 58 (49%) |
| Stage III | 39 (33%) |
| Lymph nodes, total number | |
| Harvested lymph nodes PAD | 2542 |
| Positive lymph nodes PAD | 123 |
| CT evaluation | |
| Detected lymph nodes ≥4 mm/tot | 442/1312 (34%) |
| Region 1 | 261/835 (31%) |
| Region 2 | 161/389 (41%) |
| Region 3 | 20/88 (23%) |