Divergent expression of bacterial wall sensing Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 in colorectal cancer

Table 1 Characteristics of 118 patients with colorectal carcinoma n (%)

	Whole study group	Survival in 5-yr follow-up
Gender
Male	56 (47.5)	35 (62.5)
Female	62 (52.5)	36 (58.1)
Age, median (range)	69 (36-89)
Other morbidities
No	27 (22.9)	16 (59.3)
Yes	91 (77.1)	55 (60.4)
Other neoplasm
No	109 (92.4)	62 (56.9)
Sex organs or breast cancer	2 (1.7)	2 (100.0)
Other cancer	3 (2.5)	3 (100.0)
Colon adenoma	4 (3.4)	4 (100.0)
Cancer in family
No/not known	104 (88.1)	59 (56.7)
CRC	8 (6.8)	7 (87.5)
HNPCC family	2 (1.7)	2 (100.0)
Other HNPCC-associated cancer	3 (2.5)	2 (66.7)
Other cancer	1 (0.8)	1 (100.0)
Type of operation
Radical1	94 (80.3)	69 (73.4)
Palliative2	23 (19.7)	2 (8.7)
Location of tumour
Proximal colon	46 (39.0)	27 (58.7)
Distal colon	39 (33.1)	25 (64.1)
Rectum	32 (27.1)	18 (56.3)
Multiple tumours	1 (0.8)	1 (100.0)

¹Radically operated distant metastases in a second operation in one case;

²Metastases treated non-operatively in two cases (both alive at 5-year follow-up).