TABLE 15. Correlation of Host Survival and Pathologic Characteristics Proportion surviving 5 yr Characteristic No of cases .01 (all dead within 5 yr) Signet ring adenocarcinoma Cancer with ulcerative colitis Metastatic cancer in more than 16 mesenteric lymph nodes Incompletely excised t o margin .01-.1 .101-. 2 .201-.3 .301-. 4 ,401-.5 .sol-*Undifferentiated cancer (grade 111) Undifferentiated cancer (grade 111) with adenomatous polyps in *Malignant tumor, unclassified *Perineural, blood vascular and lymphatic permeation *Metastatic cancer in 6 to 16 mesenteric lymph nodes No mesenteric lymph nodes removed *Poorly differentiated cancer (grade 11) in villous adenoma *Mucinous adenocarcinoma *Direct extension of cancer into adjacent organs *NO inflammatory reaction about cancer *Lymphatic or perineural permeation only *Blood vascular and perineural or lymphatic permeation Poorly differentiated cancer ( rade 11) *Poorly differentiated cancer ?grade 11) with adenomatous polyps in same segment *Undifferentiated cancer with rnucinous elements *Deep margin through muscle and serosa *Infiltrating margin *Lymphatic and perineural permeation *Blood vascular permeation without lymphatic or perineural Metastatic cancer in 1 to 5 mesenteric lymph nodes *Well-differentiated cancer (grade I) Well-differentiated cancer (grade I ) in adenomatous polyp Well-differentiated cancer (grade I) in villous adenoma *Poorly differentiated cancer (grade 11) in an adenomatous polyp *Poorly differentiated cancer (grade 11) with generalized polyposis *Mutinous cancer with adenomatous polyps in same segment Through muscle and into but not through mesenteric fat Moderate inflammatory reaction (no abscesses) *Well-differentiated cancer (grade I) with generalized polyposis Deep margin through muscularis mucosae but not through inner *Pushing or circumscribed margin Intense inflammatory reaction with gross or microscopic abscess No lymphatic, perineural or blood vascular permeation No metastases in mesenteric lymph nodes *Well-differentiated cancer with adenomatous polyps in same *Well-differentiated cancer with rnucinous elements *Poorly differentiated cancer with rnucinous elements Mucinous cancer in a villous adenoma *Mixed infiltrating and pushing margins