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Table 1 Clinicopathologic features of study group patients

From: Most colitis associated carcinomas lack expression of LGR5: a preliminary study with implications for unique pathways of carcinogenesis compared to sporadic colorectal carcinoma

Clinical and pathologic features

CAC

(N [%])

Sporadic CRCs

(N [%])

p

No. of Cases

30

10

 

Sex, male/female

19 / 11

5 / 5

0.482

Median age (range) (y)

54 (26–76)

67 (40–95)

0.017

Location

 colon

22 (73)

8 (80)

1

 rectum

8 (27)

2 (20)

 

pT stage

 1

8 (27)

1 (10)

0.144

 2

4 (13)

2 (20)

 

 3

15 (50)

3 (30)

 

 4

3 (10)

4 (40)

 

pN stage

 0

16 (53)

5 (50)

1

 1 or 2

14 (47)

5 (50)

 

Cancer subtypes

 Conventional

12 (40)

8 (80)

0.243

 Mucinous

9 (30)

1 (10)

 

 Serrated

3 (10)

1 (10)

 

 LGTG

5 (17)

0 (0)

 

 Other

1 (3)

0 (0)

 

LGR5

 Positive

9 (30)

9 (90)

0.002

 (Score 3)

6 (20)

3 (30)

 (Score 4)

3 (10)

6 (60)

 Negative

21 (70)

1 (10)

 

 (Score 0)

2 (7)

0 (0)

 (Score 1)

9 (30)

0 (0)

 (Score 2)

10 (33)

1 (10)

  1. CAC indicates colitis associated colorectal adenocarcinoma