Detection of metastatic cancer cells in mesentery of colorectal cancer patients

Table 1 Data in 63 colorectal cancer patients

Parameters	Results
Gender
Female	25
Male	38
Age (yr, mean, range)	55.5 (28-86)
Location of cancer
Colon	11
Rectum	52
Differentiated grade
Well	6
Moderately	46
Poorly	11
Affected lymph nodes
N0	35
N1	14
N2	14
Invasive depth
T1	1
T2	12
T3	39
T4	11

Table 2 Data in Metastasis V-positive patients

Patients	Sex	Age (yr)	Cancer size (cm)	Cancer location	Differentiated grade	Invasive depth	Affected lymph nodes	TNM
1	F	37	2.5	Rectum	Poorly	Serosal	8/15	pT4N2M0
2	F	42	3	Rectum	Moderately	Subserosal	5/17	pT3N2M0
3	M	33	2	Rectum	Moderately	Serosal	5/15	pT4N2M0
4	M	48	6	Sigmoid	Well	Serosal	12/21	pT4N2M0
5	F	63	3	Rectum	Poorly	Muscularis	0/15	pT2N2M0
6	F	45	3	Rectum	Moderately	Serosal	5/28	pT4N2M0
7	M	58	3	Rectum	Poorly	Subserosal	8/12	pT3N2M0
8	M	64	4	Rectum	Poorly	Subserosal	7/15	pT3N2M1
9	M	54	6	Rectum	Moderately	Subserosal	2/13	pT3N1M0
10	F	60	2	Descending colon	Moderately	Subserosal	0/17	pT3NxM0
11	M	54	3	Rectum	Moderately	Serosal	5/12	pT4N2M0
12	M	58	3	Rectum	Moderately	Subserosal	0/16	pT3N0M0
13	F	57	3	Rectum	Poorly	Serosal	2/21	pT4N1M1
14	M	47	4	Rectum	Moderately	Subserosal	24/32	pT3N2M0

Table 3 Comparison between Metastasis V-positive patients and Metastasis V- negative patients

Parameters	Metastasis V		P value
	Negative	Positive
Age (yr)			NS
< 45	8	3
≥ 45 and ≤ 59	19	8
≥ 60	22	3
Cancer size (cm)			NS
≤ 3	24	10
> 3 and < 5	14	2
≥ 5	11	2
Gender			NS
Female	19	6
Male	30	8
Cancer location			NS
Colon	9	2
Rectum	40	12
Differentiated grade			NS
Well	5	1
Moderately	38	8
Poorly	6	5
Affected lymph nodes			< 0.05
N0	32	3
N1	12	2
N2	5	9
Invasive depth			< 0.05
T1	1	0
T2	11	1
T3	32	7
T4	5	6

Table 4 Comparison of preoperative CEA levels between Metastasis V-positive and Metastasis V-negative patients

Parameters	Metastasis V		P value
	Negative	Positive
Median (ng/mL)	3	4.27	< 0.05
Grade			< 0.05
High (> 15.00 ng/mL)	5	5
Low (≤ 15.00 ng/mL)	73	16