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Table 5 Tumour site differences between males and females

From: Colorectal adenocarcinoma in Uganda: are right-sided and left-sided colon cancers two distinct disease entities?

Site

Males,

N (%)

Female,

N (%)

p-value

Caecum

13 (6.6)

15 (7.5)

0.728

Ascending colon

14 (7.1)

23 (11.9)

0.098

Transverse colon

7 (3.5)

3 (1.5)

0.190

Descending colon

14 (7.1)

11 (5.7)

0.510

Sigmoid colon

35 (17.7)

30 (14.9)

0.457

Rectosigmoid

9 (4.6)

12 (6.0)

0.525

Rectum

106 (53.5)

106 (52.7)

0.873