Table 1 Patient characteristics.
Characteristics | |
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Number of patients | 36 |
Median age (range) | 60.5 (34–76) |
Sex | |
Male | 23 (63.89%) |
Female | 13 (36.11%) |
T stage | |
T2 | 4 (11.11%) |
T3 | 22 (61.11%) |
T4 | 10 (27.78%) |
N stage | |
N− | 11 (30.56%) |
N+ | 25 (69.44%) |
CEA (ng/mL) | |
≤ 4.0 | 17 (47.22%) |
> 4.0 | 19 (52.78%) |