TABLE 1.

Clinical and demographic details of the patients.

	Male n = 9	Female n = 10	Total
Age	68 ± 10.9	61.8 ± 18.6	64.7 ± 15.4
Type of adenocarcinoma
Conventional adenocarcinoma	6	9	15
Mucinous adenocarcinoma	3	1	4
Survival period
Below 20 months	3	4	7
20–40 months	2	4	6
Over 40 months	4	2	6
Depth of involvement
T1	0	1	1
T2	0	1	1
T3	4	4	8
T4	5	4	9
Presence of polyps in colon
Yes	8	5	13
No	1	5	6
Site of tumor
Caecum and ascending colon, transverse colon	3	4	7
Descending colon, sigmoid colon and rectum	6	6	12