Table 1 |
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Patient characteristics |
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Mean age (range) |
Sexb (n) |
Location (n) |
Dukes' stage (n) |
Differentiationa (n) |
V/Lc (n) |
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Colon |
64.0 (48–81) |
m (7) |
Caecum (5) |
B (4) |
moder. diff (8) |
+/+ (12) |
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Sigmoid (5) |
C (7) |
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f (5) |
Transverse (2) |
D (1) |
poorly diff (4) |
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Rectum |
68.2 (53–76) |
m (7) |
(10) |
A (2) |
moder. diff (10) |
+/+ (10) |
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B (4) |
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f (3) |
C (4) |
poorly diff (0) |
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a moder. diff = moderate differentiation, poorly diff = poorly differentiation b m = male, f = female c V/L = vascular invasion/lymphatic invasion |
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Kim et al. BMC Cancer 2006 6:211 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-6-211 |
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