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Table 8 Grade distribution according to the stage of CRC

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

Stage

Location

G1

G2

G3

I

Rt. colon (n = 8)

1 (12.5)

5 (62.5)

2 (25.0)

Lt. colon (n = 48)

11 (22.9)

33 (68.8)

4 (8.3)

p-value

0.506

0.726

0.158

II

Rt. colon (n = 14)

1 (7.1)

11 (78.6)

2 (14.3)

Lt. colon (n = 65)

14 (21.5)

48 (73.9)

3 (4.6)

p-value

0.213

0.713

0.178

III

Rt. colon (n = 29)

4 (13.8)

19 (65.5)

6 (20.7)

Lt. colon (n = 112)

30 (26.8)

68 (60.7)

14 (12.5)

p-value

0.145

0.635

0.260

IV

Rt. colon (n = 18)

0 (0.0)

14 (77.8)

4 (22.2)

Lt. colon (n = 51)

16 (31.4)

30 (58.8)

5 (9.8)

p-value

0.007

0.150

0.179

Not advanced disease (stages 0, I, II)

Rt. colon (n = 22)

2 (9.1)

16 (72.7)

4 (18.2)

Lt. colon (n = 113)

25 (22.1)

81 (71.7)

7 (6.2)

p-value

0.162

0.920

0.060

Advanced disease (stages III, IV)

Rt. colon (n = 47)

4 (8.5)

33 (70.2)

10 (21.3)

Lt. colon (n = 163)

46 (70.2)

98 (60.1)

19 (11.7)

p-value

0.005

0.208

0.092