1p36 deletion is a marker for tumour dissemination in microsatellite stable stage II-III colon cancer

Table 1 Clinical and histopathological data

	Total	Stage II-III	Stage II-IV	p
	Total	No recurrence	Disseminated	p
Gender
Male	48	24	24	0.434
Female	68	29	39
Location
Right colon	70	33	37	0.698
Left colon	46	20	26
Differentiation
Well- Moderately	89	41	48	0.882
Poor	27	12	15
Stage
II	40	25	15
III	53	28	25
IV	23	-	23
Tumour size
<5 cm	37	12	25	0.058
≥5 cm	78	40	38
Unknown	1	1
Mucinous
Yes	19	11	8	0.243
No	97	42	55
Perineural invasion
Yes	3	0	3	0.157*
No	113	53	60
Vascular invasion
Yes	16	6	10	0.479
No	100	47	53
Microsatellite instability
MSI-High	24	17	7	0.008
MSS or MSI-Low	92	35	57