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Table 1 Tumor stage and treatment parameters

From: Chemoradiation and consolidation chemotherapy for rectal cancer provides a high rate of organ preservation with a very good long-term oncological outcome: a single-center cohort series

 

n=60

WW (n=39)

TME (n=15)

LE (n=6)

cT

T3a

10 (17%)

8 (20%)

0

2 (33%)

T3b

22 (37%)

15 (38%)

6 (40%)

1 (17%)

T3c

9 (15%)

6 (15%)

3 (20%)

0

T3d

2 (3%)

0

1 (7%)

1 (17%)

T4

17 (28%)

10 (25%)

5 (33%)

2 (33%)

cN+

49 (82%)

30 (77%)

15 (100%)

4 (67%)

Clinical stage

II

11 (18%)

9 (23%)

0

2 (33%)

III

49 (82%)

30 (77%)

15 (100%)

4 (66%)

cCRM+

36 (60%)

21 (54%)

12 (80%)

3 (50%)

cEMVI+

19 (32%)

8 (21%)

9 (60%)

2 (33%)

Initial APR indication

31 (52%)

22 (56%)

6 (40%)

3 (50%)

  1. APR abdominoperineal resection, cCRM clinical circumferential resection margin, cEMVI clinical extramural vascular invasion, LE local excision, TME total mesorectal excision, WW watch-and-wait protocol