Parameter

No metastases

Metastases

p-value

Tumor type* n (%)

Ulcerative

Vegetative

Strictur

Mixed

Tumor differentiation** n (%)

Highly

Medium

Low

Not defined

Tumor stage n (%)

Stage I

Stage II

Stage IIA

Stage IIB

Stage IIC

Stage III

Stage IIIA

Stage IIIB

Stage IIIC

350 (70.5)

175 (81.0)

73 (67.0)

62 (68.9)

132 (75.4)

397 (73.2)

42 (64.6)

89 (77.4)

128 (92.8)

398 (80.4)

382 (82.2)

6 (66.7)

10 (47.6)

150 (51.4)

5 (71.4)

134 (53.6)

11 (31.4)

142 (29.5)

41 (19.0)

23 (24.0)

28 (31.1)

43 (24.6)

145 (26.8)

23 (35.4)

26 (22.6)

10 (7.2)

97 (19.6)

83 (17.8)

3 (33.3)

11 (52.4)

142 (48.6)

2 (28.6)

116 (46.4)

24 (68.6)

0.021

0.274

0.001