Table 1 Patients’ characteristics
Characteristic | Capecitabine alone (n = 136) | Capecitabine/Irinotecan (n = 72) | p- value |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | 0.991* | ||
Male | 87 (64.0) | 46 (63.9) | |
Female | 49 (36.0) | 26 (36.1) | |
Age (years) | 0.191† | ||
Median, Range | 57, 31-83 | 55, 32-74 | |
Distance from anal verge (cm) | 0.326† | ||
Median, Range | 5.5, 0-9.0 | 5, 0.5-9.0 | |
cT classification | 0.732* | ||
cT3 | 131 (96.3) | 70 (97.2) | |
cT4 | 5 (3.7) | 2 (2.8) | |
Pre-CRT CEA (ng/ml) | 0.319† | ||
5 ≥ | 87 (64.0) | 51 (70.8) | |
5 <; | 49 (36.0) | 21 (29.2) |