Table 3. Summary of clinical and demographic features for study subjects and tumor characteristics.
| CRC (55) | EC (18) | HC (40) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage-I/II | Stage-III/IV | p value | |||
| Age (median, range) | 61, 27-84 | 59, 38-81 | 61, 32-77 | 59, 28-78 | |
| Sex | 0.944 | ||||
| Male | 11 | 15 | 8 | 19 | |
| Female | 12 | 17 | 10 | 21 | |
| Cancer site | |||||
| Colon | 10 | 23 | 0.034 | - | |
| Rectum | 13 | 9 | - | ||
| Cervical | 2 | - | |||
| Upper Thoracic | 3 | - | |||
| Middle Thoracic | 5 | - | |||
| Lower Thoracic | 8 | - | |||
| FOBT | 0.767 | ||||
| Positive | 9 | 14 | N/A | N/A | |
| Negative | 1 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
| Not check | 13 | 15 | |||
| CEA (ng/mL) | 0.029 | ||||
| Positive | 5 | 18 | 5 | N/A | |
| Negative | 15 | 11 | 3 | N/A | |
| Not check | 3 | 3 | |||
| CA199(U/mL) | 0.563 | ||||
| Positive | 3 | 8 | 3 | N/A | |
| Negative | 15 | 17 | 4 | N/A | |
| Not check | 5 | 7 | |||
| Tumor size (cm, Mean ± SD) | |||||
| Major diameter | 5.14±3.28 | 5.38±1.71 | 0.756 | ||
| Width diameter | 3.90±2.08 | 4.21±1.52 | 0.573 | ||
| Thick diameter | 1.92±1.14 | 2.38±1.21 | 0.119 | ||
| Symptoms | 0.184 | ||||
| Change of stool character | 10 | 18 | |||
| Hematochezia | 12 | 10 | |||
| Abdominal pain | 8 | 9 | |||
| Bowel obstruction | 3 | 2 | |||
| Weight | 0.779 | ||||
| <50kg | 5 | 8 | |||
| ≥50kg | 18 | 24 | |||