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Table 1 Baseline and pathological characteristics

From: Young adults with colon cancer: clinical features and surgical outcomes

 

Stage I-III colon cancer (n = 51)

Stage IV colon cancer (n = 19)

P value

Age, years

36 (32-38)

36 (33-38)

0.745

Male

25 (49.0)

10 (52.6)

0.788

Tumor history

16 (31.4)

6 (31.6)

0987

Right-sided CC

21 (41.2)

9 (47.4)

0.642

Tumor diameter, cm

5 (3-7)

5 (3-8)

0.865

Ulcerative or infiltrating type

27 (52.9)

16 (84.2)

0.017

Mucinous adenocarcinoma

11 (21.6)

5 (25.3)

0.674

Poor differentiation

14 (27.5)

8 (42.1)

0.240

Tumor depositsa

8 (15.7)

4 (23.5)

0.463

Lymphovascular or perineural invasiona

13 (25.5)

11 (64.7)

0.003

MMR-deficienta

16 (31.4)

1 (5.9)

0.036

Surgery as the initial treatment

51 (100.0)

10 (52.6)

< 0.001

  1. Data are presented as median (first to third quartile) and numbers (%)
  2. P-values for age and tumour diameter were calculated using the Mann–Whitney U test; other P-values were calculated using Pearson’s chi-squared test
  3. aTwo stage IV colon cancer patients did not have colectomy during treatment