Table 1. Patient characteristics.

	miR-17-5p Study(n = 18)	Gene Target Study(n = 30)
Male	16	25
Female	2	5
Age (years)a	63 (37-75)	61 (37-75)
Clinical TNM Stage
I	0	1
IIa	6	8
IIb	2	4
III	10	17
IV	0	0
TRG
1	3	5
2	5	6
3	0	9
4	8	8
5	2	2

Abbreviations: ^aValues given are mean (range); TNM, Tumor-node-metastasis clinical staging classification; TRG, Tumour regression grade.