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Table 2 Patient treatment characteristics according to sex in the ACO subgroup (UICC stages I–III, n = 116,528). All differences in relative distributions are significant according to Pearson’s chi-square test

From: Gender comparison of clinical, histopathological, therapeutic and outcome factors in 185,967 colon cancer patients

 

Sex

Male

Female

Total

N

%

N

%

N

%

Removed lymph nodes

LK >0– < 12

6625

10.6

5176

9.6

11,801

10.1

LK > =12– < 24

33,392

53.4

28,819

53.4

62,211

53.4

LK > = 24

14,560

23.3

13,615

25.2

28,175

24.2

No information

7989

12.8

6352

11.8

14,341

12.3

Residual tumor stage

R0

55,221

88.3

47,504

88.0

102,725

88.2

R1/2

1005

1.6

949

1.8

1954

1.7

No information

6340

10.1

5509

10.2

11,849

10.2

Lymph node ratio

0/ns

44,796

71.6

37,450

69.4

82,246

70.6

< 0.100

7071

11.3

6710

12.4

13,781

11.8

0.100–0.199

4474

7.2

4077

7.6

8551

7.3

0.200–0.399

3791

6.1

3436

6.4

7227

6.2

0.400+

2434

3.9

2289

4.2

4723

4.1

Chemotherapy

Yes

17,557

28.1

14,076

26.1

31,633

27.1

No

45,009

71.9

39,886

73.9

84,895

72.9

Mortality postoperative (30 days)

No

60,675

97.0

52,483

97.3

113,158

97.1

Yes

1891

3.0

1479

2.7

3370

2.9

Mortality postoperative (90 days)

No

59,442

95.0

51,468

95.4

110,910

95.2

Yes

3124

5.0

2494

4.6

5618

4.8

Total

62,566

100.0

53,962

100.0

116,528

100.0