Table 1 Clinicopathaological characteristics of colon cancer cases
From: Argonaute proteins: potential biomarkers for human colon cancer
Characteristic | No. (n = 75) | % |
|---|---|---|
Age, years | Â | Â |
   <60 | 30 | 40 |
   ≥60 | 45 | 60 |
Sex | Â | Â |
   Female | 37 | 49.3 |
   Male | 38 | 50.7 |
Duke's stage | Â | Â |
   A | 9 | 12 |
   B | 31 | 41.3 |
   C | 28 | 37.3 |
   D | 7 | 9.3 |
Histologic type | Â | Â |
   Adenocarcinoma | 72 | 96 |
   Mucinous carcinoma | 2 | 2.7 |
   Signet-ring cell carcinoma | 1 | 1.3 |
Histologic grade | Â | Â |
   I | 8 | 10.7 |
   II | 54 | 72 |
   III | 13 | 17.3 |
Lymph nodes metastasis | Â | Â |
   Absence | 44 | 58.7 |
   Presence | 31 | 41.3 |
Distant metastasis | Â | Â |
   Absence | 68 | 90.7 |
   Presence | 7 | 9.3 |