From: The effect of preoperative chemoradiotherapy on lymph nodes harvested in TME for rectal cancer
Parameters | Surgery only (n = 61) | Neoadjuvant (n = 50) | P |
---|---|---|---|
Age (years): | Â | Â | 0.44 |
<60 | 11 | 12 | Â |
>60 | 50 | 38 | Â |
Sex: | Â | Â | 0.53 |
Male | 33 | 30 | Â |
Female | 28 | 20 | Â |
Tumor site: | Â | Â | 0.04 |
Middle | 30 | 15 | Â |
Lower | 31 | 35 | Â |
Tumor grade: | Â | Â | 0.006 |
G1 | 3 | 2 | Â |
G2 | 44 | 32 | Â |
G3 | 9 | 1 | Â |
Gx | 5 | 15 | Â |
Stage: | Â | Â | 0.06 |
0 | 3 | 4 | Â |
I | 20 | 11 | Â |
II | 13 | 19 | Â |
III | 23 | 6 | Â |
X | 2 | 10 | Â |
Type of surgery: | Â | Â | 0.36 |
Low anterior resection | 44 | 32 | Â |
Abdominalperineal resection | 17 | 18 | 0.36 |
Surgical approach: | Â | Â | 0.0009 |
Open | 29 | 9 | Â |
Laparoscopy | 32 | 41 | Â |
Surgeons: | Â | Â | 0.03 |
1 | 18 | 5 | Â |
2 | 9 | 7 | Â |
3 | 12 | 14 | Â |
4 | 12 | 6 | Â |
5 | 10 | 18 | Â |
Pathologists: | Â | Â | 0.66 |
1 | 31 | 29 | Â |
2 | 20 | 11 | Â |
3 | 5 | 5 | Â |
4 | 5 | 5 | Â |