Table 2 Sidedness, Metastasis pattern
From: Metastatic colo-rectal cancer: real life experience from an Indian tertiary care center
Variable | Number (%) of patients |
|---|---|
Right Side | 75 (20%) |
 Caecum | 30 (8%) |
 Ascending colon | 33 (8.7%) |
 Hepatic flexure | 12 (3.1%) |
Left side | 285 (76%) |
 Splenic flexure | 3 (0.8%) |
 Descending colon | 13 (3.5%) |
 Sigmoid colon | 64 (17%) |
 Recto sigmoid | 29 (7.7%) |
 Rectum | 176 (47%) |
Transverse Colon | 15 (4%) |
Metastasis | |
 Liver | 161 (42.7%) |
 Peritoneum | 117 (31%) |
 Lung | 68 (18%) |
 Non regional lymph nodes | 57 (15%) |
 Ovary | 49 (13%) |
 Bone | 19 (5%) |
 Skin | 3 (0.8%) |
 Adrenal | 6 (1.7%) |
Number of metastatic site (Mean ± SD) | 1.1 ± 0.04 |
Number of organ involved | |
 1 | 287 (76%) |
 2 | 80 (21%) |
 3 | 10 (2.6%) |
No of liver lesion > 3 | 101 (63%) |