Table 1.
Characteristics of 118 patients with colorectal carcinoma n (%)
| Whole study group | Survival in 5-yr follow-up | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 56 (47.5) | 35 (62.5) |
| Female | 62 (52.5) | 36 (58.1) |
| Age, median (range) | 69 (36-89) | |
| Other morbidities | ||
| No | 27 (22.9) | 16 (59.3) |
| Yes | 91 (77.1) | 55 (60.4) |
| Other neoplasm | ||
| No | 109 (92.4) | 62 (56.9) |
| Sex organs or breast cancer | 2 (1.7) | 2 (100.0) |
| Other cancer | 3 (2.5) | 3 (100.0) |
| Colon adenoma | 4 (3.4) | 4 (100.0) |
| Cancer in family | ||
| No/not known | 104 (88.1) | 59 (56.7) |
| CRC | 8 (6.8) | 7 (87.5) |
| HNPCC family | 2 (1.7) | 2 (100.0) |
| Other HNPCC-associated cancer | 3 (2.5) | 2 (66.7) |
| Other cancer | 1 (0.8) | 1 (100.0) |
| Type of operation | ||
| Radical1 | 94 (80.3) | 69 (73.4) |
| Palliative2 | 23 (19.7) | 2 (8.7) |
| Location of tumour | ||
| Proximal colon | 46 (39.0) | 27 (58.7) |
| Distal colon | 39 (33.1) | 25 (64.1) |
| Rectum | 32 (27.1) | 18 (56.3) |
| Multiple tumours | 1 (0.8) | 1 (100.0) |
1
Radically operated distant metastases in a second operation in one case;
2
Metastases treated non-operatively in two cases (both alive at 5-year follow-up).