Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of the CRC cohort

CD8^low

104

69

tPD-L1^pos

138

41

sPD-L1 ^pos

200

64

Both tPD-L1^pos and sPD-L1 ^pos

129

38

Age (< 60years)

83

24

Gender (male)

214

61

 Rectum

91

27

 Left colon

112

33

 Right colon

135

40

 Tumor diameter (< 5 cm)

166

49

 Well/moderate diff.

256

76

 Poor diff.

82

24

 Vessel invasion (present)

120

36

 Intraneural invasion (present)

31

0.9

 Tumor deposit (> 2 nodes)

42

1.2

 Bowel perforation (present)

13

0.4

 Tumor budding (≥ 5 buds)

215

64

 Ulceration (yes)

145

43

 Adenocarcinoma

297

88

 Mucinous/SRCC

41

12

 T1-2

80

24

 T3-4

258

76

 Lymph node metastasis (yes)

140

41

 I + II

184

54

 III+ IV

154

46

 Schistosomiasis (positive)

128

38