Table 1

Clinicopathological characteristics of the study cohort

Characteristic
Number of cases (%)

Tissue type

Normal colon tissue
18 (40%)
Colon carcinoma
27 (60%)
Cases with paired normal and carcinoma tissue
15 (33%)
Characteristics of colon carcinomas

pT stage

pT1
1 (4%)
pT2
4 (15%)
pT3
20 (74%)
pT4
2 (7%)
pN stage

pN0
12 (44%)
pN1
7 (26%)
pN2
8 (30%)
pM

pMX
26 (96%)
pM1
1 (4%)
DUKES Stage

A
3 (11%)
B
9 (33%)
C
14 (52%)
D
1 (4%)
Sex

male
12 (44%)
female
15 (56%)
Histological type

Adenocarcinoma
30 (100%)

Denkert et al. Molecular Cancer 2008 7:72   doi:10.1186/1476-4598-7-72