Summary of clinical characteristics of 41 patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer
| Stage1-150I (n=13) | Stage II (n =7) | Stage III (n =7) | Stage IV (n =14) | Overall(n =41) | |
| Sex (M:F) | 5:8 | 5:2 | 4:3 | 9:5 | 23:18 |
| Age (mean (range)) | 72.4 (54–87) | 66.6 (54–76) | 64 (49–82) | 70.1 (54–87) | 68.3 (49–87) |
| Localisation of tumour | Colon: 2 | Colon: 5 | Colon: 3 | Colon: 6 | Colon: 16 |
| Rectum: 10 | Rectum: 2 | Rectum: 2 | Rectum: 6 | Rectum: 20 | |
| Caecum: 1 | Sigmoid: 2 | Sigmoid: 2 | Sigmoid: 4 | ||
| Caecum: 1 | |||||
| Grading | G1: 1 | G2: 5 | G2: 6 | G2: 10 | G1: 1 |
| G2: 11 | G3: 1 | G3: 1 | G3: 3 | G2: 32 | |
| Unknown: 1 | Unknown: 1 | Unknown: 1 | G3: 5 | ||
| Unknown: 3 |
↵1-150 According to the TNM classification of the Union Internationale Contre le Cancer.