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Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of evaluated CRC patients

From: TRF2 and VEGF-A: an unknown relationship with prognostic impact on survival of colorectal cancer patients

Number of patients

185

Tumor sizea

1

2 (1.1%)

2

20 (10.8%)

3

119 (64.3%)

4

44 (23.8%)

Lymph-node

Negative (N-)

83 (44.9%)

Positive (N+)

102 (55.1%)

Distant metastasis

Negative (M0)

145 (78.4%)

Positive (M+)

40 (21.6%)

Grading

1

2 (1.1%)

2

148 (80.0%)

3

35 (18.9%)

Stage

I-II

74 (40%)

III

68 (36.8%)

IV

43 (23.2%)

Age

Average

65 yrs

Minimum

35 yrs

Maximum

90 yrs

Sex

Male

117 (63.2%)

Female

68 (36.8%)

Site

Rectum

49 (26.5%)

Right colon

59 (31.9%)

Left colon

77 (34.0%)

  1. aTumor size: T1 – tumor invades submucosa; T2 – tumor invades muscularis propria; T3 – tumor invades through the muscularis propria into the pericolorectal tissues; T4 – T4a: tumor penetrates to the surface of the visceral peritoneum, T4b: tumor directly invades or is adherent to other organs or structures