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Table 2 The clinicopathologic parameters of 176 advanced CRC patients with synchronous or metachronous metastases (cohort2)

From: Favorable prognosis in colorectal cancer patients with co-expression of c-MYC and ß-catenin

 

Total (n = 176)

Metastasis

Synchronous (n = 118)

Metachronous (n = 58)

P-Value

Sex

male

96

56 (47.5 %)

40 (69.0 %)

0.006

female

80

62 (52.5 %)

18 (31.0 %)

Metastatic site

liver

82

61 (52.1 %)

21 (36.2 %)

<0.001

lung

37

10 (8.5 %)

27 (46.6 %)

peritoneal seeding

38

32 (26.5 %)

6 (10.3 %)

distant lymph node

3

2 (1.7 %)

1 (1.7 %)

ovary

16

13 (11.1 %)

3 (5.2 %)

Location of primary tumor

appendix

1

1 (0.9 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0.293

cecum

7

7 (6.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

ascending colon

17

14 (12.0 %)

3 (5.2 %)

hepatic flexure

13

9 (7.7 %)

4 (6.9 %)

transverse colon

9

7 (6.0 %)

2 (3.4 %)

splenic flexure

7

4 (3.4 %)

3 (5.2 %)

descending colon

8

6 (5.1 %)

2 (3.4 %)

sigmoid colon

50

28 (23.9 %)

22 (37.9 %)

rectum

64

42 (35.0 %)

22 (37.9 %)

T stage

T1

1

1 (0.9 %)

0 (0.0 %)

<0.001

T2

3

1 (0.9 %)

2 (3.4 %)

T3

107

60 (50.4 %)

47 (81.0 %)

T4

65

56 (47.9 %)

9 (15.5 %)

N stage

N0

34

13 (11.1 %)

21 (36.2 %)

<0.001

N1

62

37 (31.6 %)

25 (43.1 %)

N2

80

68 (57.3 %)

12 (20.7 %)

Stage

I

2

0 (0.0 %)

2 (3.4 %)

<0.001

II

18

0 (0.0 %)

18 (31.0 %)

III

45

8 (6.8 %)

37 (63.8 %)

IV

111

110 (93.2 %)

1 (1.7 %)

Differentiation

low grade

158

104 (88.0 %)

54 (93.1 %)

0.299

high grade

18

14 (12.0 %)

4 (6.9 %)

Lymphatic invasion

absent

62

38 (32.5 %)

24 (41.4 %)

0.247

present

114

80 (67.5 %)

34 (58.6 %)

Venous invasion

absent

123

77 (65.0 %)

46 (79.3 %)

0.052

present

53

41 (35.0 %)

12 (20.7 %)

Perineural invasion

absent

90

56 (47.9 %)

34 (58.6 %)

0.180

present

86

62 (52.1 %)

24 (41.4 %)

Tumor border

expanding

13

6 (5.1 %)

7 (12.1 %)

0.099

infiltrative

163

112 (94.9 %)

51 (87.9 %)

  1. P-values are calculated by using χ2-test or Fisher’s exact test
  2. Abbreviations: T tumor; N lymph node