Table 1.

Lesion characteristics (24 ex vivo colorectal specimens and 10 patients).

Lesion characteristics
Ex vivo colorectal cancer (63 years)*	Adenocarcinoma,T1-T3, n=15
Ex vivo treated rectal cancer (63 years)	Residual adenocarcinoma, n=3
Ex vivo treated rectal cancer (52 years)	pCR, n=3
Ex vivo normal colorectal tissue	18 normal areas from cancer patients and five patients with only normal colorectal tissue available
In vivo treated rectal cancer (61 years)	Recurrence tumor, residual tumor, n=6
In vivo treated rectal cancer (53 years)	pCR, n=1
In vivo normal colorectal tissue	10 normal areas from 7 cancer patients and three patients with only normal rectal tissue available

*Average age of each group.