From: The role of adjuvant pelvic radiotherapy in rectal cancer with synchronous liver metastasis: a retrospective study
No. of Patients
Failure pattern
S (n = 62)
S + RT (n = 27)
P value
Pelvic failure
21 (34%)
4 (15%)
0.066
Distant failure
26 (42%)
15 (56%)
0.236