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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2015; 21(2): 563-570
Published online Jan 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i2.563
Published online Jan 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i2.563
Table 1 Characteristics of patients receiving and not receiving preoperative chemoradiotherapy n (%)
| No-PCRT (n = 394) | PCRT (n = 500) | P value | |
| Age (yr), median (range) | 60 (52-68) | 57 (49-64) | < 0.001 |
| < 50 | 72 (18.3) | 124 (24.8) | |
| 50-65 | 183 (46.4) | 269 (53.8) | |
| > 65 | 139 (35.3) | 107 (21.4) | |
| Gender | 0.028 | ||
| Male | 236 (59.9) | 335 (67.0) | |
| Female | 158 (40.1) | 165 (33.0) | |
| Location | < 0.001 | ||
| Mid-rectum | 277 (70.3) | 175 (35.0) | |
| Low rectum | 117 (29.7) | 325 (65.0) | |
| Sphincter preservation | 358 (90.9) | 372 (74.4) | < 0.001 |
| Among patients with low rectum | 83 (70.9) | 203 (62.5) | 0.053 |
| Clinical stage | 0.86 | ||
| II | 21 (5.3) | 28 (5.6) | |
| III | 373 (94.7) | 472 (94.4) | |
| Pathologic stage1 | |||
| 0 | - | 83 (16.6) | |
| I | 97 (24.6) | 128 (25.6) | |
| II | 145 (36.8) | 135 (27.0) | |
| III | 152 (38.6) | 154 (30.8) | |
| Number of harvested lymph nodes | 16 (11-22) | 13 (9-17) | < 0.001 |
| Length of distal resection margin (cm) | 2.2 (1.4-3.3) | 2.4 (1.4-3.8) | 0.64 |
| Adjuvant chemotherapy1 | 321 (81.5) | 474 (94.8) | < 0.001 |
| Adjuvant radiotherapy | 116 (29.4) | ||
| Follow-up duration (mo) | 60 (39-80) | 56 (43-68) | 0.54 |
- Citation: Hwang K, Park IJ, Yu CS, Lim SB, Lee JL, Yoon YS, Kim CW, Kim JC. Impression of prognosis regarding pathologic stage after preoperative chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(2): 563-570
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i2/563.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i2.563