In-House Validated Map of Lymph Node Stations in a Prospective Cohort of Colorectal Cancer: A Tool for a Better Preoperative Staging

Table 1

Clinicopathological parameters of the examined colorectal cancers (G-grade of differentiation).

Variable	Number ()	Percentage (%)
Histological type; (i) Adenocarcinoma-G1; (ii) Adenocarcinoma-G2; (iii) Adenocarcinoma-G3; (iv) Mucinous carcinoma	(i) 3; (ii) 54; (iii) 5; (iv) 40	(i) 2.68; (ii) 48.21; (iii) 4.47; (iv) 44.64
Depth of infiltration ( stage); (i); (ii); (iii); (iv)	(i) 4; (ii) 13; (iii) 57; (iv) 38	(i) 3.57; (ii) 11.61; (iii) 50.89; (iv) 33.93
Lymph node status ( stage); (i); (ii); (iii)	(i) 73; (ii) 23; (iii) 16	(i) 65.18; (ii) 20.54; (iii) 14.29
Distant metastases ( stage); (i); (ii)	(i) 94; (ii) 18	(i) 83.93; (ii) 16.07
AJCC staging (TNM); (i) I; (ii) II; (iii) III; (iv) IV	(i) 12; (ii) 45; (iii) 39; (iv) 16	(i) 10.71; (ii) 40.18; (iii) 34.82; (iv) 14.29