Table 1 Clinicopathologic features of stage III colon cancer patients
From: Prognostic value of elastic lamina staining in patients with stage III colon cancer
Feature | Patients (N = 105) |
|---|---|
Age (years) (median) | 60 |
Sex | |
Male | 54 (51.4%) |
Female | 51 (48.6%) |
Tumor location | |
Cecum | 3 (2.9%) |
Ascending | 25 (23.8%) |
Hepatic flexure | 9 (8.6%) |
Transverse | 7 (6.7%) |
Splenic flexure | 5 (4.8%) |
Descending | 9 (8.6%) |
Sigmoid | 47 (44.8%) |
Location | |
Left side of colon | 62 (59%) |
Right side of colon | 43 (41%) |
EMVI | |
Positive | 18 (17.1%) |
Negative | 87 (82.9%) |
Intestinal obstruction | |
Present | 4 (3.8%) |
Absent | 101 (96.2%) |
Pathology type | |
Adenocarcinoma | 74 (70.5%) |
Mucinous adenocarcinoma | 31 (29.5%) |
Tumor differentiation | |
Well | 15 (14.3%) |
Moderate | 70 (66.7%) |
Poorly to undifferentiated | 20 (19%) |
Tumor grade | |
High | 44 (41.9%) |
Low | 61 (58.1%) |
Lymphovascular invasion | |
Present | 13 (12.4%) |
Absent | 92 (87.6%) |
PNI | |
Present | 5 (4.8%) |
Absent | 100 (95.2%) |
Adjuvant chemotherapy | |
Yes | 101 (96.2%) |
No | 4 (3.8%) |
Recurrence | |
Yes | 33 (31.4%) |
No | 72 (68.6%) |