| |
Tattooed group N = 107
|
Control group N = 143
|
P
|
|---|
|
Location in the colon
|
97
|
96
| |
|
Right colon
|
40 (41%)
|
52 (54%)
|
0.09
|
|
Tansverse colon
|
1 (1%)
|
3 (3%)
|
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|
|
Left colon
|
56 (58%)
|
41 (43%)
|
0.05
|
|
Location in the rectum
|
10
|
47
|
<0.01
|
|
Tumour size (cm)
|
4 (3–5.9)
|
4.7 (3.25-6)
|
0.08
|
|
Colonic cancer
|
4.5 (3–6)
|
5 (3.5-6.5)
|
0.04
|
|
Rectal cancer
|
3.5 (2.5-3.75)
|
4 (2.75-6)
|
0.18
|
|
pT Stage in colon cancers
a
| | |
0.12
|
|
Tis
|
1 (1%)
|
2 (2%)
| |
|
T1
|
7 (8%)
|
2 (2%)
| |
|
T2
|
12 (13%)
|
5 (6%)
| |
|
T3
|
48 (52%)
|
54 (61%)
| |
|
T4
|
24 (26%)
|
25 (29%)
| |
|
pT Stage in rectal cancers
| | |
0.18
|
|
Tis
|
0
|
0
| |
|
T1
|
0
|
4 (9%)
| |
|
T2
|
5 (50%)
|
7 (15%)
| |
|
T3
|
3 (30%)
|
28 (59%)
| |
|
T4
|
2 (20%)
|
8 (17%)
| |
|
DNA Microsatellite Instability-High
|
10/97 (10%)
|
10/96 (10%)
|
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|
- aIn 13 patients final pathology revealed an adenoma with high grade dysplasia.
