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Table 5 Associations between post-CRT LCR and recurrence site or treatment modality

From: Lymphocyte to C-reactive protein ratio predicts long-term outcomes for patients with lower rectal cancer

Characteristic

LCR low

(n = 24)

LCR high

(n = 24)

P value

N

N

Recurrence

8

8

NS

Site of recurrence

  

NS

 Local

1

8

 

 Pelvic LNs

2

2

 

 Liver

3

1

 

 Lung

4

3

 

 Distant LNs

1

2

 

Treatment

 Surgery

1

6

<0.05

  Liver resection

0

3

 

  Lung resection

1

1

 

  Local resection

0

2

 

 Chemotherapy

7

2

 

BSC

0

0

 
  1. Patients were stratified using the median LCR. LN lymph node, BSC best supportive care, LCR lymphocyte-CRP ratio, NS not significant
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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