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Table 4 Patient outcomes by radiotherapy type at 5-year follow-up

From: Efficacy of endoscopic surveillance in the detection of local recurrence after radical rectal cancer surgery is limited? A retrospective study

Treatment

n (100%)

LR

Distant metastases

Total relapses

n (%)

Preoperative RT

5 × 5 Gy

116

2 (2)

20 (17)

21 (18)

CRT or RT 50.4 Gy

33

6 (18)

10 (30)

13 (39)

Total

149

8 (5)

30 (20)

34 (23)

Postoperative RT

20

3 (15)

3 (15)

4 (20)

No RT

59

4 (7)

8 (14)

12 (20)

Total

228

15 (7)

41 (18)

49 (21)

  1. Abbreviations: LR Local recurrence; others, see Table 1