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Table 3 Treatment and tumor stage of colorectal cancer patients

From: Characteristics of primary signet ring cell carcinoma of colon and rectum: a case control study

 

SRCC (n = 18)

Non-SRCC (n = 72)

p-value

Treatment

   

 Operation

2 (11.1)

37 (51.4)

0.001

 Op + C/T

4 (22.2)

20 (27.8)

 

 Op + C/T + Target

10 (55.6)

11 (15.3)

 

 Op + CCRT

2 (11.1)

4 (5.6)

 

T

  

0.002

 Tis

1 (5.6)

0

 

 1

0

4 (5.6)

 

 2

0

22 (30.5)

 

 3

8 (44.4)

36 (50)

 

 4

9 (50)

10 (13.9)

 

N

  

< 0.001

 0

2 (11.1)

44 (61.1)

 

 1

2 (11.1)

21 (29.2)

 

 2

14 (77.8)

7 (9.7)

 

M

  

0.002

 0

9 (50)

62 (86.1)

 

 1

9 (50)

10 (13.9)

 

Stage

  

0.001

 0

1 (5.6)

0

 

 1

0

23 (31.9)

 

 2

1 (5.6)

20 (27.8)

 

 3

9 (50)

18 (25)

 

 4

7 (38.8)

11 (15.3)

 

Follow-up duration, mean (months)

15

94.5

< 0.001

  1. Chi-square statistic was used for categorical variables among the two cohorts
  2. Op, operation; CT, Chemotherapy; CCRT, concurrent chemoradiotherapy