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Table 3 Surgical pathologic reports

From: Upfront systemic chemotherapy and preoperative short-course radiotherapy with delayed surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer with distant metastases

Patient

No.

TME

Mandard

grade

Tumor

size

RM

Invasion

depth

No. of LN

dissected

No. of LN

involved

LV

invasion

Metastasis pathology

1

Complete

3

4

R0

Perirectal fat tissue

9

1

-

Liver; metastatic adenocarcinoma

2

Complete

2

0.7

R0

Perirectal fat tissue

18

0

-

Peritoneum; negative

Lt. ovary; free from tumor

3

Complete

2

0.5

R0

Perirectal fat tissue

9

0

-

Liver; metastatic adenocarcinoma

4

Complete

3

2.3

R0

Perirectal fat tissue

28

2

-

Liver; metastatic adenocarcinoma

both ovaries; metastatic adenocarcinoma

5

Complete

3

2.5

R1

Perirectal fat tissue

18

8

+

Liver; metastatic adenocarcinoma

6

Complete

1

0

R0

No tumor

22

1

-

Liver; metastatic adenocarcinoma

  1. Abbreviations: TME, total mesorectal excision; RM, resection margin; LN, lymph nodes; LV, lymphovascular; Lt., left.