Research Article
The Aetiology of Delay to Commencement of Adjuvant Chemotherapy following Colorectal Resection
Table 2
Histological tumour characteristics.
| Histology | | Tumour size: median (IQR) | 35 (27–50) mm | Differentiation | | Well/moderate | 146 (88%) | Poor | 13 (8%) | Complete response | 7 (4%) | Node status | | N0 | 57 (34%) | N1 | 72 (43%) | N2 | 37 (22%) | Median nodal yield | 14 (10 to 20) | Median number of involved nodes | 3 (1 to 5) | Median lymph node ratio | 0.18 (0.10 to 0.33) | T stage | | T0/T1 | 12 (7%) | T2 | 14 (8%) | T3 | 92 (55%) | T4 | 48 (29%) | Resection margin status | | R0 | 160 (94.4%) | R1 | 6 (3.6%) | Vascular invasion | | Positive | 46 (28%) | Negative | 120 (72%) |
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