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Table 1 Clinical and demographics characteristics of patients with pCR, stratified by adjuvant chemotherapy in the FUSCC

From: Adjuvant chemotherapy for rectal cancer with complete pathological response (pCR) may not be necessary: a pooled analysis of 5491 patients

Variables

No chemo (56)

chemotherapy (115)

p value

Gender

 Female

27(48.2)

37(32.2%)

0.62

 Male

29(51.8)

78(67.8)

Age, years

57.6 ± 11

54.5 ± 10.8

0.085

Clinical T stage

0.145

 T2

28(50.0)

71(61.7)

 T3/4

28(50.0)

44(38.3)

Clinical N sage

0.724

 N0

17(30.4)

38(33.0)

 N1–2

39(69.6)

77(67.0)

Clinical TNM staging

0.724

 II

17(30.4)

38(33.0)

 III

39(69.6)

77(67.0)

CRM

0.296

 Negative

33(58.9)

58(50.4)

 Positive

23(41.1)

57(49.6)

EMVI

0.823

 Negative

39(69.6)

82(71.3)

 Positive

17(30.4)

33(28.7)

Operation

0.058

 AR

25(44.6)

69(60.0)

 APR

31(55.4)

46(40.0)

Lymph node examined

0.844

 Median

10

9

Adjuvant chemotherapy regimen

 Cape

53

 

 CapeOX

62

 
  1. CRM, circumferential resection margin; EMVI, extramural venous invasion; AR, anterior resection; APR, abdominoperineal resection