Detection of metastatic cancer cells in mesentery of colorectal cancer patients

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