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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics

From: Phase II study of preoperative radiation plus concurrent daily tegafur-uracil (UFT) with leucovorin for locally advanced rectal cancer

Parameter

Number of patients (%)

N = 85

Age (years)

 

   Median

67.1

   Range

25-81

Gender

 

   Male

56 (66)

   Female

29 (34)

Clinical TNM stage

 

   T3

85 (100)

   N0

47 (55)

   N1

33 (39)

   N2

2 (2)

   Unknown

3 (4)

Tumor staging method

 

   EUS

66 (78)

   Rigid rectoscopy

11 (13)

   Other

7 (8)

   Unknown

1 (1)

Distance from anal verge

 

   >5 cm

50 (59)

   ≤5 cm

32 (38)

   Unknown

3 (4)

WHO performance status

 

   0

75 (88)

   1

9 (11)

   Unknown

1 (1)

  1. TNM = tumor node metastasis
  2. WHO = World Health Organization