Table 4 Pathological staging (ypT) compared with clinical staging (cT) at baseline (n=33)

From: A phase II study of capecitabine and irinotecan in combination with concurrent pelvic radiotherapy (CapIri-RT) as neoadjuvant treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer

 

No. of patients

 

ypT0

ypT1

ypT2

ypT3

ypT4

yN+

cT2 (n=4)

—

2

1

1

—

 

cT3 (n=26)

4

3

6

11

2

 

cT4 (n=3)

1

—

2

—

—

 

cN+ (n=30)

     

11

cN− (n=3)

     

0

  1. Note: Clinical T- or N- staging was not evaluable in one patient each. Two patients (including one patient with indeterminable cN status) did not undergo surgery.
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