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Clinicopathological features of the study cohort used for quantitative PCR.
| Characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Number of patients | 14 |
| Age (mean ± SD), years | 61.36±10.60 |
| Sex (male/female) | 8/6 |
| Cancer types (colon cancer/rectal cancer) | 12/2 |
| Lymph node metastasis (absent/present) | 9/5 |
| Distant metastasis (absent/present) | 14/0 |
| TNM stage (I/II/III/IV)a | 1/8/5/0 |
Staging system from the American Joint Committee on Cancer. SD, standard deviation; TNM, tumor-node-metastasis.
