Research Article

Predictors of Long-Time Survivors in Nonmetastatic Colorectal Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma: A Large Population-Based Study

Table 1

Differences of clinicopathological characteristics between non-LTS and LTS among patients with nonmetastatic colorectal SRCC.

Non-LTSLTS
≤2 years2-5 yearsTotal

Total8735681441609
Age0.04
 ≤4068 (7.79)63 (11.09)131 (9.09)46 (7.55)
 41-55154 (17.64)124 (21.83)278 (19.29)143 (23.48)
 56-70253 (28.98)179 (31.51)432 (29.98)197 (32.35)
 >70398 (45.59)202 (35.56)600 (41.64)223 (36.62)
Race0.003
 Black89 (10.19)61 (10.74)150 (10.41)38 (6.24)
 White698 (79.95)455 (80.11)1153 (80.01)526 (86.37)
 Other83 (9.51)51 (8.98)134 (9.3)42 (6.9)
 Unknown3 (0.34)1 (0.18)4 (0.28)3 (0.49)
Sex0.148
 Male463 (53.04)306 (53.87)769 (53.37)303 (49.75)
 Female410 (46.96)262 (46.13)672 (46.63)306 (50.25)
Marital status<0.001
 Married437 (50.06)309 (54.4)746 (51.77)371 (60.92)
 Unmarried395 (45.25)234 (41.2)629 (43.65)218 (35.8)
 Unknown41 (4.7)25 (4.4)66 (4.58)20 (3.28)
Tumor grade<0.001
 Well/moderately37 (4.24)48 (8.45)85 (5.9)62 (10.18)
 Poorly/undifferentiated743 (85.11)465 (81.87)1208 (83.83)469 (77.01)
 Unknown93 (10.65)55 (9.68)148 (10.27)78 (12.81)
Tumor size (cm)0.041
 ≤ 4210 (24.05)199 (35.04)409 (28.38)208 (34.15)
 4.1-6261 (29.9)148 (26.06)409 (28.38)148 (24.3)
 >6281 (32.19)171 (30.11)452 (31.37)177 (29.06)
 Unknown121 (13.86)50 (8.8)171 (11.87)76 (12.48)
Tumor location0.044
 Right colon527 (60.37)351 (61.8)878 (60.93)404 (66.34)
 Left colon120 (13.75)90 (15.85)210 (14.57)90 (14.78)
 Rectum209 (23.94)118 (20.77)327 (22.69)105 (17.24)
 Unknown17 (1.95)9 (1.58)26 (1.8)10 (1.64)
Number of lymph node examined0.669
 < 12263 (30.13)133 (23.42)396 (27.48)164 (26.93)
 ≥ 12597 (68.38)430 (75.7)1027 (71.27)440 (72.25)
 Unknown13 (1.49)5 (0.88)18 (1.25)5 (0.82)
T stage<0.001
 Tis-T143 (4.93)34 (5.99)77 (5.34)65 (10.67)
 T223 (2.63)45 (7.92)68 (4.72)51 (8.37)
 T3433 (49.6)306 (53.87)739 (51.28)390 (64.04)
 T4374 (42.84)183 (32.22)557 (38.65)103 (16.91)
N stage<0.001
 N0201 (23.02)218 (38.38)419 (29.08)304 (49.92)
 N1187 (21.42)146 (25.7)333 (23.11)155 (25.45)
 N2485 (55.56)204 (35.92)689 (47.81)150 (24.63)
Primary tumor treatment<0.001
 Surgery778 (89.12)551 (97.01)1329 (92.23)589 (96.72)
 Local tumor excision12 (1.37)6 (1.06)18 (1.25)14 (2.3)
 No83 (9.51)11 (1.94)94 (6.52)6 (0.99)
Radiation0.006
 Yes166 (19.01)96 (16.9)262 (18.18)80 (13.14)
 No/unknown707 (80.99)472 (83.1)1179 (81.82)529 (86.86)
Chemotherapy0.04
 Yes468 (53.61)329 (57.92)797 (55.31)306 (50.25)
 No/unknown405 (46.39)239 (42.08)644 (44.69)303 (49.75)

LTS: long-time survivor; SRCC: signet ring cell carcinoma.