| With any mutation | No mutation | P value | With APC mutation | With other mutation but no APC mutation | P value | With TP53 mutation | With other mutation but no TP53 mutation | P value | With RAS mutation | With other mutation but no RAS mutation | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients - no. | 142 | 87 | Â | 41 | 101 | Â | 66 | 76 | Â | 79 | 63 | Â |
Age | ||||||||||||
 Median (range) - yr | 66 (40–90) | 65 (31–87) |  | 64 (42–90) | 67 (40–82) |  | 65 (44–82) | 67 (40–90) |  | 65 (42–88) | 67 (40–90) |  |
 Mean - yr | 66.3 | 65.2 |  | 66.0 | 66.4 |  | 65 | 67.4 |  | 65.8 | 67.0 |  |
  < 50 - no. | 11 | 9 | 0.508 | 5 | 6 | 0.845 | 5 | 6 | 0.185 | 5 | 6 | 0.517 |
 50–70 - no. | 77 | 47 |  | 21 | 56 |  | 40 | 37 |  | 46 | 31 |  |
  > 70 - no. | 54 | 31 |  | 15 | 39 |  | 21 | 33 |  | 28 | 26 |  |
Gender - no. | Â | Â | 0.204 | Â | Â | 0.852 | Â | Â | 0.002 | Â | Â | 0.096 |
 Male | 85 | 60 |  | 24 | 61 |  | 49 | 36 |  | 43 | 42 |  |
 Female | 57 | 27 |  | 17 | 40 |  | 17 | 40 |  | 36 | 21 |  |
Clinical stage - no. | Â | Â | 0.041 | Â | Â | 0.631 | Â | Â | 0.204 | Â | Â | 0.019 |
 I | 35 | 18 |  | 12 | 23 |  | 21 | 14 |  | 24 | 11 |  |
 II | 37 | 32 |  | 12 | 25 |  | 18 | 19 |  | 13 | 24 |  |
 III | 49 | 33 |  | 11 | 38 |  | 18 | 31 |  | 31 | 18 |  |
 IV | 21 | 4 |  | 6 | 15 |  | 9 | 12 |  | 11 | 10 |  |
Location sampled - no. | Â | Â | 0.062 | Â | Â | 0.266 | Â | Â | 0.213 | Â | Â | 0.136 |
 Rectum | 117 | 60 |  | 35 | 82 |  | 57 | 60 |  | 70 | 47 |  |
 Left Colon | 8 | 11 |  | 1 | 7 |  | 2 | 6 |  | 2 | 6 |  |
 Right Colon | 9 | 12 |  | 1 | 8 |  | 2 | 7 |  | 3 | 6 |  |
 Rectosigmoid Junction | 8 | 4 |  | 4 | 4 |  | 5 | 3 |  | 4 | 4 |  |
Differentiation - no. | Â | Â | 0.892 | Â | Â | 0.128 | Â | Â | 0.156 | Â | Â | 0.400 |
 Well | 8 | 5 |  | 0 | 8 |  | 5 | 3 |  | 6 | 2 |  |
 Moderate | 113 | 67 |  | 36 | 77 |  | 50 | 63 |  | 60 | 53 |  |
 Poor | 16 | 12 |  | 3 | 13 |  | 11 | 5 |  | 10 | 6 |  |
 Unknowna | 5 | 3 |  | 2 | 3 |  | 0 | 5 |  | 3 | 2 |  |
Metastasis- no. | Â | Â | 0.017 | Â | Â | 1.000 | Â | Â | 0.815 | Â | Â | 0.814 |
 With Metastasis | 21 | 4 |  | 6 | 15 |  | 9 | 12 |  | 11 | 10 |  |
 Without Metastasis | 121 | 83 |  | 35 | 86 |  | 57 | 64 |  | 68 | 53 |  |
Treatment after surgery - no. | Â | Â | 0.405 | Â | Â | 0.133 | Â | Â | 0.611 | Â | Â | 1.000 |
 With adjuvant therapy | 77 | 52 |  | 26 | 51 |  | 34 | 43 |  | 42 | 35 |  |
 Without adjuvant therapy | 63 | 33 |  | 14 | 49 |  | 31 | 32 |  | 35 | 28 |  |
 N/A | 2 | 2 |  | 1 | 1 |  | 1 | 1 |  | 2 | 0 |  |
Tumor size - cm | Â | Â | 0.332 | Â | Â | 0.066 | Â | Â | 0.598 | Â | Â | 0.479 |
 Median (range) | 4 (1.5–13) | 4 (1.5–10) |  | 4 (1.5–12) | 4.3 (1.5–13) |  | 4 (1.5–11) | 4 (1.5–13) |  | 4 (1.5–13) | 4 (1.5–8.5) |  |
 Mean | 4.4 | 4.2 |  | 4.0 | 4.6 |  | 4.3 | 4.5 |  | 4.6 | 4.3 |  |
CEA - ng/mL | Â | Â | 0.057 | Â | Â | 0.703 | Â | Â | 0.491 | Â | Â | 1.000 |
 0.0–5.0 | 87 | 63 |  | 26 | 61 |  | 39 | 48 |  | 49 | 38 |  |
  > 5.0 | 53 | 21 |  | 14 | 39 |  | 27 | 26 |  | 30 | 23 |  |
 N/A | 2 | 3 |  | 1 | 1 |  | 0 | 2 |  | 0 | 2 |  |