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Table 4 Metastatic sites

From: Prognostic value of regional lymph node involvement in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: palliative versus curative resection

 

LN− group

n = 167 (%)

LN+ group

n = 980 (%)

p value

Liver

106 (63.5)

558 (56.9)

0.114

Lung

43 (25.7)

143 (14.6)

<0.001

Peritoneal seeding

29 (17.4)

318 (32.4)

<0.001

Systemic node

10 (6)

167 (17)

<0.001

Ovary

6 (3.6)

53 (5.4)

0.326

Bone

2 (1.2)

7 (0.7)

0.513

Brain

0 (0)

2 (0.2)

0.559

Other metastatic sitesa

6 (3.6)

44 (4.5)

0.600

  1. aOther metastatic sites include the bladder, uterus, pelvic wall, adrenal gland, skin, and kidney