Table 1.
Clinicopathological data of six colorectal cancer patients with synchronous or metachronous liver metastasis used in microRNA arrays
| Case no. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Age, years (at primary surgery) | 62 | 66 | 66 | 58 | 81 | 52 |
| Sex | M | M | F | M | M | M |
| Location | S | D | T | S | S | RS |
| Depth | MP | SS | SE | SS | SS | SE |
| Histological type | tub1 | tub2 | tub2 | tub1 | tub1 | tub2 |
| Lymph node metastasis | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| Liver metastasis | Metachronous | Synchronous | Synchronous | Metachronous | Metachronous | Synchronous |
| Time to liver surgery (months) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 2 |
+, With; −, without; D, descending colon; F, female; M, male; MP, muscularis propria; RS, rectosigmoid; S, sigmoid colon; SE, serosa exposed; SS, subserosa; T, transverse colon; tub1, well differentiated adenocarcinoma; tub2, moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma.