The clinicopathological features of colorectal mucinous adenocarcinoma and a therapeutic strategy for the disease

Table 2 Comparison of treatment factors in non-mucinous and mucinous adenocarcinoma

Treatment factors	NMA	MA	P-value
Curability of first surgery	n = 2,673	n = 144	0.063
Complete	2,411	123
Incomplete	262	21
Curability of first surgery in rectal cancer	n = 1,157	n = 57	0.885
Complete	1,101	54
Incomplete	56	3
Lateral node dissection in rectal cancer	n = 1157	n = 57	0.104
Yes	189	14
No	968	43
Adjuvant chemotherapy	n = 773	n = 54	0.192
Yes	357	20
No	416	34
Chemotherapy for advanced/recurrent cases	n = 639	n = 55	0.597
Yes	220	17
No	419	38
Additional resection
Liver resection for metastatic cases	n = 249	n = 11	0.884
Yes	73	3
No	176	8
Lung resection for metastatic cases	n = 123	n = 5	0.179
Yes	33	0
No	90	5

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