Prognostic significance of primary tumor localization in stage II and III colon cancer

Table 2 Disease free survival and overall survival rates (%) at 12, 36, 60, 90, 120 and 180 mo according to tumor localization

	All patients (%)	RCC (%)		LCC (%)
DFS (mo)		Stage II	Stage III	Stage II	Stage III
12	97.9	98.9	96.2	98.0	96.8
36	89.8	93.9	83.6	94.5	81.9
60	87.0	93.1	79.4	91.8	78.2
90	84.9	92.6	75.9	91.3	76.7
120	84.4	92.0	75.0	90.5	74.4
180	82.7	90.3	73.2	90.5	72.2
OS (mo)
12	99.8	99.3	100.0	99.7	100.0
36	96.7	96.2	95.5	99.3	94.4
60	92.4	94.5	86.2	97.0	87.9
90	89.5	94.0	82.5	94.4	86.4
120	87.6	92.7	78.9	93.8	82.9
180	86.6	92.7	78.9	92.1	82.9

LCC: Left colon cancer; OS: Overall survival; RCC: Right colon cancer; DFS: Disease free survival.