COX5B and neoplasm: Patients with COX5B T/N ≥ 1 had greater height (p = 0.021), tumors located within the proximal colon (p = 0.007), tumors with good differentiation (p = 0.016), a shorter distance from the tumor to the serosa (p = 0.048), and a higher oxygen consumption rate OCR T/N ratio (p = 0.027).