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Table 3 Mode and layer of the distal intramural spread > 0 mm (n = 10)

From: Measurement of distal intramural spread and the optimal distal resection by naked eyes after neoadjuvant radiation for rectal cancers

Patient

Tumor budding

Perineural invasion

Tumor deposit

lymph vascular invasion

TNM

Tumor differential

Layer of spreada

Mode of spreada

Location of longest

spread (o’ clock)

Longest distance (cm)b

1

T2N0M0

Moderate

Submucosa

Direct spread

5

0.1

2

+

T3N0M0

Moderate

Submucosa

Direct spread

5

0.5

3

+

+

T3N2aM1

Moderate

Submucosa

Direct spread

7

0.4

4

T3N0M0

Moderate

Muscle layer

Direct spread

7

0.4

5

+

+

T2N1aM0

Moderate

Submucosa

Direct spread

5

0.5

6

+

+

+

+

T3N2bM1

Moderate

Muscle layer

Direct spread

6

0.2

7

+

T3N0M0

Moderate

Muscle layer

Foci discontinuous

6

0.4

8

+

T2N1aM0

Moderate

Muscle layer

Direct spread

5

0.5

9

T2N0M0

Moderate

Submucosa

Direct spread

5

0.5

10

+

+

T3N2aM1

Moderate

Muscle layer

Direct spread

6

0.2

  1. aIf the intramural spread occurred at more than one sites, then the largest value is used
  2. bThe tumor cell intramural spread distance ex vivo