Colorectal Cancer
Copyright ©2006 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Nov 21, 2006; 12(43): 6961-6965
Published online Nov 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i43.6961
Table 1 Prognostic factors entered into multivariate analysis based on proposed clinical and histopathological features
VariablePatients (n)
Gender (male/female)61/20
Age at hepatectomy (< 60/≥ 60)32/49
Chronology of hepatic metastasis (synchronous/metachronous)41/40
Disease free interval after colectomy ( ≤ 1 yr/> 1 yr)56/25
Extrahepatic distant metastases (no/yes)72/9
CEA ( ≤ 10 times of normal value/> 10 times of normal value)57/24
Primary lesion
Depth of invasion (up to subserosa/more)57/24
Lymphnodemetastasi (no/yes)39/42
Hepatic metastasis
Number (single/multiple)45/36
Maximum diameter ( ≤ 5 cm/> 5 cm)59/22
Lobe involved (unilobar/bilobar)64/17