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Table 2 Treatment outcomes of operations and pathological findings

From: Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for patients with unresectable radically locally advanced colon cancer: a potential improvement to overall survival and decrease to multivisceral resection

 

No. (%)

CEA preoperative, median, ng/ml

2.4 (1.5–4.1)

Surgery situation

 R0

83 (89.2%)

 R2

6 (6.5%)b

 ELa

4 (4.3%)

Downstage T

 Yes

65 (69.9%)

 No

28 (30.1%)c

Downstage N

 Yes

84 (90.3%)

 No

9 (9.7%)c

Downstage

 Yes

81 (87.1%)

 No

12 (12.9%)c

MVR

 Yes

44 (47.3%)

 No

49 (52.7%)c

pCR

 Yes

18 (19.4%)

 No

75 (80.6%)c

Resection Surgery-Radiotherapy interval Median, d (range)

63.0 (55–76.5)

  1. Abbreviations: ypT stage Postoperative pathological T stage, ypN stage Postoperative pathological N stage, MVR Multivisceral resection, pCR Pathological complete remission
  2. aEL; btwo patients who had perforations during NACRT were included in this group; cfour patients who underwent EL were included in this group