Stage II/III rectal cancer with intermediate response to preoperative radiochemotherapy: Do we have indications for individual risk stratification?

Table 3 Pathological findings

Feature	Number of Patients (n = 107)	%
ypT Stage
2	39	36
3a	16	15
3b	30	28
3c	20	19
3d	2	2
ypN Stage
0	69	64
1	28	26
2	10	9
ypUICC Stage
2	69	64
3	35	33
4 *	3	3
Resection Status
R0	107	100
R1	0	0
Tumor Regression Grading¹⁷
Grade 2	59	55
Grade 3	48	45
Circumferential Resection Margin
Negative	107	100
Positive	0	0
Histologic Differentiation Grading after RCT
High Grade Differentiation	73	68
Low Grade Differentiation	34	32
Nodal Yield (nodes)
0-12	5	5
12-18	30	28
18-30	50	47
>30	22	21
Cancer Recurrence
Total	17	16
Local	0	0
Local + Distant	2	2
Distant	15	14

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