Research Article
Quantitative Image Analysis of Epithelial and Stromal Area in Histological Sections of Colorectal Cancer: An Emerging Diagnostic Tool
Table 1
Clinicopathological characteristics of the study population.
| | | −liver metastasis | +liver metastasis |
| | Number of patients | 14 | 12 | | Age, median (range) | 68 (53–78) | 68 (35–79) | | Male (%) | 12 (86%) | 8 (67%) | | TNM classification | | | | pT | | | | pT1-2 | 6 | 0 | | pT3-4 | 8 | 12 | | pN | | | | pN0 | 13 | 6 | | pN1-2 | 1 | 6 | | Dukes classification | | | | A | 4 | 0 | | B | 8 | 6 | | C | 1 | 5 | | D | 0 | 1 | | Unknown | 1 | 0 | | Location | | | |
Coecum
| 3 | 5 | | Colon ascendens/transversum/descendens | 1/3/1 | 0/1/0 | | Sigma/rectum | 2/2 | 2/3 | | Unknown | 2 | 1 |
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No patients have more than 2 lymph node metastases.
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