Brief Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2010; 16(42): 5375-5379
Published online Nov 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i42.5375
Table 2 Comparison between the percentage of patients with N+ stage
T stage1N+ stage proportion (%)
P value
Rectal cancer (n = 1314)Colon cancer (n = 1026)
T15/49 (10.2)1/23 (4.3)< 0.001
T284/377 (22.3)23/121 (19.0)
T3-4455/888 (51.2)340/882 (38.5)