Preoperative Serum Levels of Mesothelin in Patients with Colon Cancer

Table 2

Preoperative serum mesothelin levels of the clinicopathologic variables of the patients (mean ± SD) (minimum–maximum) were indicated.

	Mesothelin (pg/mL)
Tumor size
≤3 cm	5.02 ± 2.7 (1–9)
>3 cm	10.86 ± 2.42 (8–16)
TNM stage
TI	3.4 ± 2.3 (1–8)
TII	6.0 ± 1.7 (3–9)
TIII	9.29 ± 1.8 (6–15)
TIV	12.09 ± 2.03 (9–16)
Invasion
T1	3.11 ± 2.22 (1–8)
T2	5.72 ± 10.56 (3–9)
T3	8.89 ± 1.19 (6–11)
T4	12.19 ± 2.04 (9–16)
Lymph node metastasis
N0	4.19 ± 2.57 (1–9)
N1	6.72 ± 2.34 (3–11)
N2	11.02 ± 2.38 (6–16)
Metastasis
Present	9.81 ± 3.02 (3–16)
Not present	3.73 ± 2.4 (1–8)