Table 1 Clinicopathologic features in patients with rectal cancer according to TTDpR.
Characteristic | Overall population (N = 155) | TTDpR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
>4.5 weeks (N = 75) | </ = 4.5 weeks (N = 80) | p-value | ||
Age-yr, median (range) | 55 (21–78) | 56 (21–75) | 54 (25–78) | 0.242 |
BMI, median (range) | 22.05 (14.22–33.79) | 21.80 (15.63–33.79) | 22.39 (14.22–30.86) | 0.457 |
Sex, no.(%) | 0.416 | |||
Male | 92 (59) | 47 (63) | 45 (56) | |
Female | 63 (41) | 28 (37) | 35 (44) | |
Smoking history, no.(%) | 0.548 | |||
No | 121 (78) | 57 (80) | 64 (78) | |
Yes | 34 (22) | 18 (20) | 16 (22) | |
Tumor category, no.(%) | 0.849 | |||
T1 | 4 (3) | 2 (3) | 2 (2) | |
T2 | 25 (16) | 12 (16) | 13 (16) | |
T3 | 113 (73) | 55 (73) | 58 (73) | |
T4 | 13 (8) | 6 (8) | 7 (9) | |
Nodal category, no.(%) | 0.206 | |||
N0 | 61 (39) | 33 (44) | 28 (35) | |
N1-2 | 94 (61) | 42 (56) | 52 (65) | |
TNM Stage, AJCC, no.(%) | 0.512 | |||
I | 19 (12) | 10 (13) | 9 (11) | |
II | 42 (27) | 23 (31) | 19 (24) | |
III | 94 (61) | 42 (56) | 52 (65) | |
Differentiation degrade, no.(%) | 0.450 | |||
Low | 40 (26) | 20 (27) | 20 (25) | |
Moderate | 76 (50) | 39 (54) | 37 (47) | |
High | 36 (24) | 14 (19) | 22 (28) | |
Lymphovascular invasion, no.(%) | 0.310 | |||
Positive | 21 (13) | 67 (89) | 67 (84) | |
Negative | 134 (87) | 8 (11) | 13 (16) | |
Neural invasion, no.(%) | 0.298 | |||
Positive | 26 (17) | 15 (20) | 11 (14) | |
Negative | 129 (83) | 60 (80) | 69 (86) | |
Preoperative CEA | 0.038 | |||
Normal | 115 (74) | 50 (67) | 65 (81) | |
Elevated | 40 (26) | 25 (33) | 15 (19) | |
Distance from anal verge, no. (%) | 0.474 | |||
<5 cm | 58 (38) | 30 (41) | 28 (35) | |
5–12 cm | 94 (62) | 43 (59) | 51 (65) | |
Unknown | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Surgical approach, no.(%) | 0.245 | |||
Low anterior resection | 114 (73) | 51 (68) | 63 (79) | |
Abdminoperineal resection | 15 (10) | 10 (13) | 5 (6) | |
Parks procedure | 26 (17) | 14 (19) | 12 (15) | |
Neoadjuvant treatment, no.(%) | 0.507 | |||
No | 107 (69) | 52 (71) | 53 (66) | |
Yes | 48 (31) | 21 (29) | 27 (34) | |
