Clinicopathological characteristics and immunohistochemical data of the two groups of patients (showing disease progression or not)
| Parameter | Patients | |
| Absence of disease progression (n=23) | Disease progression (n=29) | |
| Mean age | 69.17±8.09 | 70.55±5.9 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 14 | 16 |
| Female | 9 | 13 |
| Site | ||
| Left colon | 14 | 22 |
| Right colon | 9 | 7 |
| Grade | ||
| G1 | 3 | 11 |
| G2 | 18 | 17 |
| G3 | 2 | 1 |
| T | ||
| 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 22 | 25 |
| Vascular endothelial growth factor expression | ||
| Low (0–50% positive cells) | 17 | 10 |
| High (51–100% positive cells) | 6 | 19 |
| Peritumoural lymphatic vessel density | ||
| Low (<10.54 vessels/mm2) | 17 | 9 |
| High (>10.54 vessels/mm2) | 6 | 20 |
| Intratumoural lymphatic vessel density | ||
| 0 | 17 | 18 |
| >0 | 6 | 11 |