Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics

From: A data-driven, knowledge-based approach to biomarker discovery: application to circulating microRNA markers of colorectal cancer prognosis

Characteristics

n = 75

Description

Gender (F/M)

30/45

F: Female, M: Male

Age

59 years

Average age at enrolment

Survival (mean  std)

20.98  11.67 months

Survival times for 53 patients have not been reported as they have been alive at the end of the follow-up and their prognostic status was considered as ‘long survival’.

Tumour site (C/R/RS)

45/24/6

C: Colon, R: Rectum, RS: Rectosigmoid

Chemotherapy regime

FOLFOX

All 75 patients received FOLFOX-based chemotherapy