Clinical Study
Prevention of Peritoneal Metastases from Colon Cancer in High-Risk Patients: Preliminary Results of Surgery plus Prophylactic HIPEC
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of the 2 groups.
| | Patients (25) | Controls (50) | | Mean age 62 (45–70) | Mean age 63 (48–72) | | N | % | N | % |
| Sex | | | | | Male | 16 | 66 | 31 | 62 | Female | 9 | 34 | 19 | 38 | Performance status | | | | | 0 | 21 | 84 | 41 | 82 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 4 | Tumor site | | | | | Right colon | 9 | 36 | 15 | 30 | Transverse colon | 3 | 12 | 6 | 12 | Left colon | 13 | 52 | 29 | 58 | Pt | | | | | pT3 | 19 | 76 | 40 | 80 | pT4a | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | pT4b | 5 | 20 | 9 | 18 | Nodal status | | | | | N0 | 16 | 66 | 36 | 72 | N1-2 | 9 | 34 | 14 | 28 | Grading | | | | | G2 | 17 | 68 | 37 | 64 | G3 | 8 | 32 | 13 | 26 | Histology | | | | | Mucinous | 23 | 92 | 45 | 90 | Signet ring cell | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | Adc nos | 1* | 4 | 1* | 2 |
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*Perforated patients.
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