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%)