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Table 2 Rectal adenocarcinomas: observed survival rates calculated by the actuarialmethod (95% confidence interval) by stage (TNM/UICC, 1997) [3] without distinctionof the R-status (R0, R1, R2, Rx) n = 641 cases

From: Rectal cancer in Luxembourg : a national population-based data report, 1988–1998

 

Stage I-IV

Stage I*

Stage II*

Stage III*

Stage IV*

 

n = 641 (100%)

 

n = 116 (18.1%)

 

n = 179 (27.9%)

 

n = 270 (42.1%)

 

n = 76 (11.9%)

 

1 year

78+/-3%

(n = 503)

94+/-4%

(n = 109)

88+/-5%

(n = 157)

70+/-5%

(n = 188)

64+/-11%

(n = 49)

2 years

64+/-4%

(n = 408)

90+/-6%

(n = 104)

77+/-6%

(n = 137)

50+/-6%

(n = 135)

42% **

(n = 32)

3 years

54+/-4%

(n = 346)

86+/-6%

(n = 100)

65+/-7%

(n = 117)

39+/-6%

(n = 106)

30% **

(n = 23)

4 years

49+/-4%

(n = 315)

86+/-6%

(n = 100)

58+/-7%

(n = 104)

36+/-6%

(n = 97)

18% **

(n = 14)

5 years

46+/-4%

(n = 292)

81+/-7%

(n = 94)

55+/-7%

(n = 98)

34+/-6%

(n = 92)

11% **

(n = 8)

  1. * only surgical specimens (n = 641 cases) with available survival data ** standard error omitted sample being too small