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

*Perforated patients.