Fig. 2From: Local excision followed by early radical surgery in rectal cancer: long-term outcomeCancer-specific survival, grouped according to disease category. Survival curves are shown for patients, according to a pT categories (p = 0.03), b pN categories (p < 0.001), and c the detection of residual intramural tumors and/or lymph node metastases (p = 0.008)Back to article page