Table 1 Patient characteristics.

From: Severe lymphopenia as a prognostic factor in rectal cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a retrospective study

Characteristics

Number of patients

36

Median age (range)

60.5 (34–76)

Sex

 Male

23 (63.89%)

 Female

13 (36.11%)

T stage

 T2

4 (11.11%)

 T3

22 (61.11%)

 T4

10 (27.78%)

N stage

 N−

11 (30.56%)

 N+

25 (69.44%)

CEA (ng/mL)

 ≤ 4.0

17 (47.22%)

 > 4.0

19 (52.78%)

  1. N lymph node, N+ lymph node positive, N− lymph node negative, CEA carcino-embryonic antigen.