Fig. 3

Association between preoperative MRN protein expression in the TC and survival and combined MRN protein expression according to preoperative radiotherapy and LN involvement. a, b Kaplan–Meier survival analysis illustrating DFS (a) and OS (b) in preoperative radiotherapy patient groups with low (blue line) and high (green line) MRN complex panel expression. c-f Kaplan–Meier survival analysis illustrating DFS (c, d) and OS (e, f) in patients with high (green line) and low (blue line) MRN combined expression, in LN-negative (c, e) and -positive (d, f) rectal cancers