Research Article

Abnormal Liver Function Induced by Space-Occupying Lesions Is Associated with Unfavorable Oncologic Outcome in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases

Table 1

Demographic and primary tumor characteristics.

Clinicopathological featuresNumber (%)

Number of patients552
Median age at diagnosis (range)58 (22–87)
Gender
 Female203 (36.8)
 Male349 (63.2)
Age
 ≤60 years313 (56.7)
 >60 years239 (43.3)
Location
 Rectum281 (50.9)
 Colon271 (49.1)
Differentiation
 Well13 (2.4)
 Moderate331 (60.0)
 Poor208 (37.7)
Mucinous histology
 Yes36 (6.5)
 No516 (93.5)
T
 T1/T224 (4.3)
 T3/T4368 (66.7)
 Unknown58 (12.9)
N
 N0160 (29.0)
 N1139 (25.2)
 N2147 (26.6)
 Unknown4 (0.7)
Perioperative chemotherapy
 Yes397 (71.9)
 No155 (28.1)
Perioperative radiotherapy
 Yes341 (61.8)
 No211 (38.2)
Resection
 R0427 (77.4)
 R123 (4.2)

by findings on final pathological analysis (microscopic and major). Joint Committee on Cancer Staging System.