Table 1.
Baseline patient demographics and tumor characteristics (n = 208)
| Age, years, median (range, IQR) | 72 (25–94, 62–79) |
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Male | 112 (53.8) |
| Female | 96 (46.2) |
| PS, n (%) | |
| 0 or 1 | 180 (86.5) |
| 2–4 | 28 (13.5) |
| CROSS, n (%) | |
| 0 | 77 (37.0) |
| 1 | 68 (32.7) |
| 2 | 20 (9.6) |
| 3 | 30 (14.4) |
| 4 | 13 (6.3) |
| Tumor location, n (%) | |
| Rectum | 7 (3.4) |
| Left side of the colon | 148 (71.1) |
| Right side of the colon | 53 (25.5) |
| TNM staging, n (%) | |
| II | 96 (46.2) |
| IIA | 72 (34.6) |
| IIB | 19 (9.1) |
| IIC | 5 (2.4) |
| III | 112 (53.8) |
| IIIA | 0 (0) |
| IIIB | 74 (35.6) |
| IIIC | 38 (18.3) |
CROSS, ColoRectal Obstruction Scoring System; IQR, interquartile range; PS, performance status; TNM, tumor–node–metastasis.