Retrospective Study
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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2017; 23(18): 3301-3308
Published online May 14, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i18.3301
Table 3 Efficacy of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy n (%)
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (n = 12)Non-neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (n = 45)P value1
Alteration of TNM stage before and after surgery0.01
Upstaging0 (0)11 (24.4)
No change1 (8.3)11 (24.4)
Downstaging11 (91.7)23 (51.1)
R0 resection10 (83.3)30 (66.7)0.32
Surgical pathology
Microvascular invasion6 (50.0)29 (64.4)0.51
Perineural invasion7 (58.3)44 (97.8)< 0.01
Lymph node metastasis3 (25.0)25 (55.6)0.06
Perioperative complications2 (16.7)11 (24.4)0.71