Table 2.

The characteristics of the human patients and tumors used in the study. pT and pN according to TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors (TNM); p is the stage given by histopathological examination, T is the size of the primary tumor, and N the nearby lymph nodes involved.

Sample	Tumor Location	Gender	Age	Diagnosis	pT	pN	Metastases
12	Sigma	Female	58	Adenocarcinoma	a	pN1b	3/10
15	Rectum	Female	65	Adenocarcinoma	pT4	pN0	0/6
24	Sigma	Male	78	Adenocarcinoma	pT4a	pN2b	15/35
27	Caecum	Male	84	Adenocarcinoma	pT4b	pN2a	4/15
29	Colon (ascendens)	Male	91	Adenoma tubulovillosum
31	Colon (ascendens)	Female	69	Adenoma tubulovillosum
32	Caecum	Female	59	Adenocarcinoma	pT3	pN2b	8/16
34	Caecum	Male	79	Adenoma tubulare
35	Caecum	Male	56	Adenocarcinoma	pT2	pN0	0/22
36	Sigma	Female	68	Adenocarcinoma	pT4a	pN0	0/13
37	Sigma	Male	67	Adenocarcinoma	pT2	pN0	0/13
39	Sigma	Female	70	Adenocarcinoma	pT3	pN0	0/13
50	Sigma	Male	65	Adenocarcinoma	pT3	pN2b	11/38