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Table 7 Preoperative combined EUS plus CT- based clinical stage and corresponding postoperative pathologic stage in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer

From: Restaging locally advanced rectal cancer by different imaging modalities after preoperative chemoradiation: a comparative study

CT plus EUS T stage n = 80

Pathologic T stage n = 80

T stage

n (%)

T0

T1

T2

T3

T4

  T0

4 (5)

4 (100)

-

-

-

-

  T1

5 (6)

-

1 (20)

3 (60)

1 (20)

-

  T2

17 (21)

1 (6)

2 (12)

5 (29)

9 (53)

-

  T3

52 (66)

7 (13)

2 (4)

13 (25)

30 (58)

-

  T4

2 (2)

-

-

-

2 (100)

-

CT plus EUS N stage n = 80

Pathologic N stage n = 79

N stage

n (%)

pN0

pN+

  N0

68 (85)

60 (88)

7 (10)

  N+

12 (15)

10 (83)

2 (17)

CT plus EUS clinical stage n = 80

Pathologic TNM stage n = 80

TNM stage

n (%)

0

I

II

III

IV

  0

4 (5)

4 (100)

-

-

-

-

  I

18 (22)

1 (6)

9 (50)

6 (33)

1 (6)

1 (6)

  II

44 (55)

6 (14)

13 (30)

20 (45)

5 (11)

-

  III

13 (16)

1 (8)

2 (15)

6 (46)

4 (31)

-

  IV

1 (1)

-

-

-

-

1 (100)

  1. Data are expressed in number (%).
  2. (−) refers to groups with no patients.
  3. CT, computerized tomography, EUS, endorectal ultrasonography.
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