Table 2 Postoperative disease recurrence in patients with LARC (N=332)
| Â | Overall (N=332) | Surgery alone (N=232) | nCRT (N=51) | NAC (N=49) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
Overall recurrence | 78 | 23.5 | 54 | 23.3 | 11 | 21.6 | 13 | 26.5 |
Recurrence site | ||||||||
 Local-only (intrapelvic) | 19 | 5.7 | 13 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 12.2 |
 Distant-only | 48 | 14.5 | 34 | 14.7 | 10 | 19.6 | 4 | 8.2 |
 Simultaneous | 11 | 3.3 | 7 | 3.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 3 | 6.1 |
Organs of first recurrence* | ||||||||
 Local | 30 | 9.0 | 20 | 8.6 | 1 | 2.0 | 9 | 18.4 |
 Lung | 32 | 9.6 | 21 | 9.1 | 6 | 11.8 | 5 | 10.2 |
 Liver | 18 | 5.4 | 14 | 6.0 | 2 | 3.9 | 1 | 2.0 |
 Peritoneum | 3 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.1 |
 Others | 16 | 4.8 | 11 | 4.7 | 2 | 3.9 | 3 | 6.1 |