Table 1.
Characteristics | Primary tumor tissue samples | Regional lymph node samples | Distant metastasis samples | p-value |
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Sex, n (%) | ||||
Male | 19 (73) | 13 (68) | 8 (57) | 0.59 |
Female | 7 (27) | 6 (32) | 6 (43) | |
Age, years | ||||
Mean ± s.d. | 69.8 ± 9.2 | 69.6 ± 9.5 | 70.6 ± 7.7 | >0.76 |
Tumor location, n (%) | ||||
Colon | 17 (65) | 13 (68) | 10 (71) | 0.92 |
Rectum | 9 (35) | 6 (32) | 4 (29) | |
TNM stage, n (%) | ||||
3rd stage | 12 (46) | 11 (58) | - | <0.05 |
4th stage | 14 (54) | 8 (42) | 14 (100) |