From: Predictors of recurrence free survival for patients with stage II and III colon cancer
Patient/Tumor characteristic | |
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Age at surgery (years, mean ± SD) | 68.3 ± 12.5 |
Primary tumor size (mm; mean ± SD)† | 47.2 ± 21.7 |
Positive lymph nodes (mean ± SD | 2.3 ± 3.0 |
Negative lymph nodes (mean ± SD) | 12.1 ± 8.3 |
Total lymph nodes (mean ± SD) | 14.9 ± 8.8 |
Sex | N (%) |
Female | 134 (51) |
Male | 131 (49) |
Adjuvant chemotherapy | |
No | 73 (28) |
Yes | 192 (72) |
Tumor location† | |
Right | 123 (47) |
Sigmoid | 77 (30) |
Transverse | 31 (12) |
Left | 28 (11) |
Primary tumor classification† | |
T1 | 12 (5) |
T2 | 27 (10) |
T3 | 205 (78) |
T4 | 19 (7) |
Regional lymph node involvement | |
N1 | 203 (77) |
N2 | 62 (23) |
Tumor differentiation† | |
Well | 78 (30) |
Moderate | 161 (61) |
Poor | 25 (9) |
Lymphovascular invasion | |
No | 256 (97) |
Yes | 9 (3) |
Perineural invasion | |
No | 262 (99) |
Yes | 3 (1) |