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Table 3 Stage II, colon and rectal cancer, younger than 76 years – risk factors and planned adjuvant chemotherapy

From: A population-based cohort study on adherence to practice guidelines for adjuvant chemotherapy in colorectal cancer

 

Colon

Rectum

 

Planned CT

No CT

Planned CT

No CT

Total number of patients

663

1159

204

549

pT4

363 (63.5)

209 (36.5)

57 (45.6)

68 (54.4)

N (%)

Poorly differentiated

201 (32.7)

414 (67.3)

49 (29.3)

118 (70.7)

N (%)

Vascular invasion

187 (48.4)

199 (51.6)

73 (32.6)

151 (67.4)

N (%)

Intestinal occlusion

127 (33.7)

250 (66.3)

2 (33.3)

4 (66.7)

N (%)

Lymph node sampling <12, N (%)

116 (27.2)

310 (72.8)

85 (23.2)

281 (76.8)

Perineural invasion

90 (45.9)

106 (54.1)

60 (37.7)

99 (62.3)

N (%)

Intestinal perforation

27 (37.5)

45 (62.5)

24 (37.5)

40 (62.5)

N (%)

  1. More than one criterion can apply for each patient.
  2. Abbreviation: CT, Chemotherapy.