Radiation Oncology

Table 5 pCR rate and patient response (N = 120^a)

From: Long-course neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy with versus without a concomitant boost in locally advanced rectal cancer: a randomized, multicenter, phase II trial (FDRT-002)

	Arm A		Arm B		Total		P value
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	P value
pCR
pCR	8	13.3%	14	23.3%	22	18.3%
non-pCR	52	86.7%	46	76.7%	98	81.7%	.157
Response
Good	18	30.0%	33	55.0%	51	42.5%
Poor	42	70.0%	27	45.0%	69	57.5%	.006

Good response: pCR plus near pCR; Poor response: others
Abbreviations: pCR Pathological complete response
^aPatients who did not undergo surgery included

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