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Table 4 Use of preoperative radiotherapy versus surgical procedure and age in curatively treated patients (N = 9705).

From: Rectal cancer treatment and outcome in the elderly: an audit based on the Swedish rectal cancer registry 1995–2004

Curative surgery

< 75 years of age

N = 6,042

≥ 75 years of age

N = 3,663

P-value

Preoperative radiotherapy

4,061 (67.2)

1,255 (34.3)

P < 0.001

AR

2,436/3,965 (61.4)

635/1,998 (31.8)

P < 0.001

APE

1,457/1,783 (81.7)

495/1,047 (47.3)

P < 0.001

HA

168/294 (57.1)

125/618 (20.2)

P < 0.001

  1. Values are absolute numbers of patients receiving radiotherapy for each surgical procedure versus age group. Percentage given in brackets. Chi-square test used for analysis of difference between age groups. AR, anterior resection. APE, abdominoperineal excision. HA, Hartmann's procedure.
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