Table 1. Clinicopathological features of NCM (normal colonic mucosa), CA (colonic adenoma), and CRC (colorectal cancer).
| NCM | CA | CRC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage I | Stage II | Stage III | Stage IV | |||
| Total | 24 | 24 | 16 | 23 | 43 | 14 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 15 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 10 |
| Female | 9 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 4 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| Mean | 56.7 | 63.6 | 62.5 | 58.0 | 57.3 | 58.5 |
| Range | 44˜72 | 41˜82 | 33˜86 | 34˜78 | 18˜80 | 21˜86 |
| Differentiation | ||||||
| Well | — | — | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Moderate | — | — | 10 | 15 | 29 | 9 |
| Poor | — | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| T Stage | ||||||
| T1 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| T2 | — | — | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| T3 | — | — | 0 | 20 | 27 | 10 |
| T4 | — | — | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| N Stage | ||||||
| N0 | — | — | 16 | 23 | 0 | 4 |
| N1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| N2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 |