Delaying surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy improves prognosis of rectal cancer

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients

	Group I (n = 45)	Group II (n = 42)	P value
Age (mean ± SD)	53.7 ± 13.4	58 ± 13.2	0.82
Sex (male/female)	32/13	31/11	0.62
Localization of tumor from the anal verge (cm) (mean ± SD)	5.6 ± 3	6.1 ± 2.8	0.39
T stage (2-4)	8/28/9	6/32/4	0.56
Stage (II/III)	4/41	5/37	0.53
Preoperative radiation dose (Gy) (mean)	49.5 ± 1.99	49.5 ± 2	0.78
Follow-up time (mo) (mean ± SD)	37.2 ± 19.6	31.1 ± 20.7	0.51