Identification of the differential expressive tumor associated genes in rectal cancers by cDNA microarray

Table 1 Clinical data of the rectal cancer patients

Patient No.	Age (yr)	Sex	TNM	Clinical stage
1	31	Male	T4N2M0	III
2	51	Female	T3N1M0	III
3	47	Male	T3N1M0	III
4	67	Female	T3N0M0	II
6	49	Male	T2N2M0	III
7	38	Male	T3N0M0	II
8	59	Female	T3N0M0	II
9	53	Male	T3N0M0	II
10	62	Male	T2N0M0	I
11	62	Male	T3N1M0	III
12	41	Male	T3N1M0	III
13	33	Male	T4N0M0	II
14	76	Male	T3N1M0	III
15	75	Female	T2N0M0	I
16	32	Female	T3N1Mo	III
17	65	Female	T3N1Mo	II
18	48	Female	T3N0Mo	II
19	32	Male	T3N2M0	III
20	68	Male	T2N0M0	I
21	76	Male	T3N0M0	II
22	76	Male	T3N0M0	II

T1-4 represent the size of the tumor; N0-4 represent the level of node metastasis; M1-4 represent the level of metastasis.