Table 1.

Patient characteristics and demographics

Patients, n	130
Samples, n	134a
Age at surgery, median (range)	67.8 (43–91)
Gender, n (%)
Female	56 (43)
Male	74 (57)
Pathological UICC stage, n (%)
I	6 (4.6)
II	41 (31.6)
III	81 (62.3)
IV	2 (1.5)
MSS/MSI status, n (%)
MSI	18 (14)
MSS	112 (86)

^aFour patients had synchronous cancers. One sample was chosen randomly from each patient