Research Article

Oct4 Gene Expression in Primary Colorectal Cancer Promotes Liver Metastasis

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Factors

Gender (male/female)94/79
Age (year)65 (16–88)
CEA (ng/mL)3.6 (0.5–672.5)
Histological grade (Tub1/Tub2/other)34/130/9
Tumor invasion (T2/T3/T4)17/85/71
Lymph node metastasis (N0/N1/N2)77/57/39
Lymphatic invasion (absent/present)73/100
Vascular invasion (absent/present)41/132
Stage (I/II/III/IV)10/66/82/15

Continuous variable. Other: poorly differentiated, mucinous adenocarcinoma, or squamous cell carcinoma. Tub1: well-differentiated adenocarcinoma; Tub2: moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma.