Differential mucin phenotypes and their significance in a variation of colorectal carcinoma

Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics in colorectal carcinoma n (%)

Variables		WMDA	PDA	MUA	SRCC
		(n = 63)	(n = 91)	(n = 81)	(n = 15)
Gender	Male	39 (61.9)	45 (49.5)	46 (56.8)	6 (40.0)
	Female	24 (38.1)	46 (50.5)	35 (43.2)	9 (60.0)
Age (yr)	Range	32-87	35-92	26-90	30-82
	Median	65	64	71	70
Family history of CRC	Yes	5 (7.9)	5 (6.1)	5 (6.3)	2 (13.3)
	No	58 (92.1)	77 (93.9)	75 (93.7)	13 (86.7)
	Unknown		9	1
Location	Left-sided	43 (68.3)	38 (41.8)	40 (49.4)	6 (40.0)
	Right-sided	20 (31.7)	53 (58.2)	41 (50.6)	9 (60.0)
Depth	Up tp MP	10 (15.9)	4 (4.4)	5 (6.2)	1 (6.7)
	Beyond MP	53 (84.1)	87 (95.6)	76 (93.8)	14 (93.3)
Venous invasion	Yes	48 (76.2)	77 (85.6)	41 (50.6)	14 (93.3)
	No	15 (23.8)	13 (14.4)	40 (49.4)	1 (6.7)
	Unknown		1
Lymphatic invasion	Yes	35 (55.6)	82 (91.1)	54 (66.7)	12 (80.0)
	No	28 (44.4)	8 (8.9)	27 (33.3)	3 (20.0)
	Unknown		1
Nodal metastasis	Yes	34 (54.0)	69 (78.4)	37 (46.8)	9 (64.3)
	No	29 (46.0)	19 (21.6)	42 (53.2)	5 (35.7)
	Unknown		3	2	1
Chemotherapy	Yes	17 (27.0)	42 (53.8)	31 (41.9)	7 (46.7)
	No	46 (73.0)	36 (46.2)	43 (58.1)	8 (53.3)
	Unknown		13	7
Irradiation	Yes	4 (6.3)	2 (2.6)	3 (4.1)	1 (7.1)
	No	59 (93.7)	76 (97.4)	71 (95.9)	14 (92.9)
	Unknown		13	7
TNM stage	I/II	29 (46.0)	17 (18.9)	40 (50.0)	4 (26.7)
	III/IV	34 (54.0)	73 (81.1)	40 (50.0)	11 (73.3)
	Unknown		1	1	0

CRC: Colorectal carcinoma; WMDA: Well-to-moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma; PDA: Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma; MUA: Mucinous adenocarcinoma; SRCC: Signet-ring cell carcinoma; MP: Muscularis propria; TNM: Tumor node metastasis.