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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2026; 32(17): 117558
Published online May 7, 2026. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i17.117558
Published online May 7, 2026. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i17.117558
Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of the colon cancer and rectal cancer cohorts, n (%)
| Overall (n = 2413) | Colon cancer (n = 1251) | Rectal cancer (n = 1162) | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 533 (42.6) | 716 (61.6) | |
| Female | 718 (57.4) | 446 (38.4) | |
| pT stage | |||
| T1 | 40 (3.2) | 70 (6.0) | |
| T2 | 132 (10.6) | 260 (22.4) | |
| T3 | 991 (79.2) | 794 (68.3) | |
| T4 | 88 (7.0) | 38 (3.3) | |
| Number of metastatic lymph nodes | |||
| 0 | 774 (61.8) | 693 (59.6) | |
| 1 | 142 (11.4) | 154 (13.3) | |
| 2 | 117 (9.4) | 89 (7.7) | |
| 3 | 60 (4.8) | 52 (4.5) | |
| 4 | 44 (3.5) | 36 (3.1) | |
| > 4 | 114 (9.1) | 138 (11.8) |
- Citation: Sun ZG, Wu WX, Chen SX, Zhang YJ, Jie JZ. Improved prognostic stratification of the revised ninth edition American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for colorectal cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2026; 32(17): 117558
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v32/i17/117558.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v32.i17.117558
