Pathological Characteristics, Prognostic Determinants and the Outcome of Patients Diagnosed with Colorectal Adenocarcinoma at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali

Table 3

Pathologic prognostic determinants of colorectal carcinomas.

Characteristics	Numbers	Percent
Tumor grade (n = 101)
Grade I	28	27.7
Grade II	55	54.5
Grade III	18	17.8
Tumor stage (n = 101)
Stage I	10	9.9
Stage II	21	20.8
Stage III	22	21.8
Stage IV	17	16.8
No stage	31	30.7
Margin status (n = 101)
Negative radial margin	72	71.3
Positive radial margin	29	28.7
Lympho-vascular invasion (n = 101)
Not present	52	51.5
Present	49	48.5
Perineural invasion (n = 101)
Not present	72	71.3
Present	29	28.7
Tumor border (n = 101)
Expansile	45	44.6
Irregular infiltrating	56	55.4
Immune response (n = 101)
High	72	71.3
Low	29	28.7

N = number.