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Table 1 Patients main characteristics

From: Preoperative conventional chemoradiotherapy versus short-course radiotherapy with delayed surgery for rectal cancer: results of a randomized controlled trial

Variable

RT

n = 68

CRT

n = 72

P

Age (years)

65.6 (SD = 9.5)

63.14 (SD = 10.1)

0.141

Gender (%)

 Male

43 (63.2)

50 (69.4)

0.437

 Female

25 (36.8)

22 (30.6)

 

ASA1 (%)

1 (1.5)

1 (1.4)

 

ASA2 (%)

32 (48.5)

31 (43.1)

0.808

ASA3 (%)

33 (50)

40 (55.5)

 

Period from the end of

   

neoadjuvant therapy till surgery (days)

48.03 (SD = 12.5)

47.14 (SD = 8.6)

0.622

Clinical stage (%)

 II

16 (23.5)

15 (20.8)

0.701

 III

52 (76.5)

57 (79.2)

 

Tumor distance from anal

 verge (%)

   

  < 5 cm

34 (50)

30 (41.7)

 

 5–10 cm

29 (42.6)

37 (51.4)

0.575

 11–15 cm

5 (7.4)

5 (6.9)