Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of 129 colonic cancer patients

From: Claudin-1 is a strong prognostic indicator in stage II colonic cancer: a tissue microarray study

Variable

n

Age at surgery (years)

 Mean

72.5±10.0

 Range

31–96

Sex

 Male

60

 Female

69

Tumor Location a

 Proximal

61

 Distal

68

Differentiation

 High grade

18

 Low grade

111

 Non-mucinous

104

 Mucinous

25

Lympho-vascular invasion

 Present

11

 Absent

118

Colon cancer relapse

 None

94

 Local

7

 Distal

15

 Information unavailable

13

Vital statistics

 Alive

37

 Dead—all causes

92

 Dead—unrelated

55

 Dead—colon cancer

21

 Information unavailable

16

  1. aReference point being the splenic flexure.