Myeloid Cells in Circulation and Tumor Microenvironment of Colorectal Cancer Patients with Early and Advanced Disease Stages

Table 1

Characteristic features of study populations.

	CRC patients	HDs
Number	88 (55, 31)	25
Age (median)	59 (18-96)^†	32 (19-51)^†
Gender (male : female)	58 : 30	19 : 6
TNM stage
I	9 (7, 4)
II	31 (18, 10)
III	35 (21, 14)
IV	13 (9, 3)
Histological grade
G2 moderately differentiated	All samples
Tumor budding
Low	13
Intermediate	8
High	10
Lymphovascular invasion	16

CRC: colorectal cancer; HDs: healthy donors. ^†Median age. Samples used for analyzing myeloid cells in PBMCs. Samples used for analyzing myeloid cells in tissues.