Immune Characters and Plasticity of the Sentinel Lymph Node in Colorectal Cancer Patients

Table 1

Demographic and pathological characteristics of CRC patients ().

Characteristic		%
Gender
Male	25	54.35
Female	21	45.65
Age (median, range)	64.04(34-90)
Tumor size (cm; median, range)	4.77(0.2-11)
Median preop CEA (range)	10.81(0.31-74.25)
Tumor location
Cecum colon	6	13.04
Ascending colon	13	28.26
Transverse colon	3	6.52
Descending colon	3	6.52
Sigmoid colon	8	17.39
Rectum	13	28.26
Tumor (T) stage
T2	5	10.87
T3	40	86.96
T4b	1	2.17
N stage
N0	26	56.52
N+	20	43.48
M stage
M0	42	91.30
M1	4	8.70
Clinical stage
I	5	10.87
II	21	45.65
III	16	34.78
IV	4	8.70
Microsatellite instability (MSI)
MSI-H	9	19.57
MSI-L/MSS	37	80.43

MSI-H: high-frequency MSI; MSI-L: low-frequency MSI; MSS: microsatellite stable.