Research Article

Pure Well-Differentiated Adenocarcinoma Is a Safe Factor for Lymph Node Metastasis in T1 and T2 Colorectal Cancer: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Clinicopathological characteristics of 115 T2 and 202 T1 colorectal cancers.

T2 cancersT1 cancers

Case numbers115202
Age, years; mean (range)67.8 ± 10.8 (37–85)65.8 ± 9.9 (24–88)
Sex (male/female) %, (n)53.9 (62)/46.1 (53)57.9 (117)/42.1 (85)
Tumor size, mm; mean (range)29.5 ± 12.8 (12–78)21.6 ± 12.3 (5–80)
Location (colon/rectum) %, (n)50.4 (58)/49.6 (57)61.9 (125)/38.1 (77)
Lymphatic invasion, %, (n)47.0 (54)33.6 (68)
Venous invasion, %, (n)48.9 (59)24.2 (49)
Budding grade 2/3%, (n)38.3 (44)13.4 (27)
Poor histology %, (n)27.0 (31)12.3 (25)
PWDA %, (n)20.0 (23)36.1 (73)
LNM %, (n)23.5 (27)8.4 (17)

PWDA: pure well-differentiated adenocarcinoma; LNM: lymph node metastasis.