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Table 1 Characteristics of patients included in the study and comparisons between with and without adjuvant radiotherapy subgroups

From: Adjuvant radiotherapy improves cause specific survival in stage II, not stage III mucinous carcinoma of the rectum

  

Adjuvant Radiotherapy

P value

 

Total

No

Yes

Characteristic

(n = 574)

(n = 326) (%)

(n = 248) (%)

Sex

   

0.409

 Male

336

186(57.1)

150(60.5)

 

 Female

238

140(42.9)

98(39.5)

 

Age

   

<0.001

 ≤60

185

79(24.2)

106(42.7)

 

 >60

389

247(75.8)

142(57.3)

 

Race

   

0.164

 White

492

285(87.7)

207(83.5)

 

 Black

46

20(6.2)

26(10.5)

 

 Other

36

21(6.2)

15(6.0)

 

Pathological grading

   

0.378

 High/Moderate

395

232(71.2)

163(65.7)

 

 Poor/Anaplastic

135

71(21.8)

64(25.8)

 

 Unknown

44

23(7.1)

21(8.5)

 

Tumor size(cm)

   

0.043

 <5

253

135(41.4)

118(47.6)

 

 ≥5

277

171(52.5)

106(42.7)

 

 Unknown

44

20(6.1)

24(9.7)

 

LNs retrieval

   

0.107

 <12

185

114(35.0)

71(28.6)

 

 ≥12

389

212(65.0)

177(71.4)

 

TNM stage

 

18(1.6)

5(1.0)

 

 II

239

163(50.0)

76(30.6)

<0.001

 III

335

163(50.0)

172(69.4)