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Table 5 Outcomes after surgery

From: MRI response rate after short-course radiotherapy on rectal cancer in the elderly comorbid patient: results from a retrospective cohort study

 

Surgerya

(n = 39)

ypT stage

 Complete response

2 (5.1)

  T1

4 (10.3)

  T2

9 (23.1)

  T3

21 (53.8)

  T4

3 (7.7)

 ypN stageb

  N0

22 (56.4)

  N1

8 (20.5)

  N2

5 (12.8)

Harvested lymph nodes (median (range))b

15 (8–31)

Tumor positive lymph nodes (median (range))

0 (0–12)

Complete resection (CRM-)b

32 (91.4)

Local recurrence

3 (7.9%)

30-day mortality

7.7%

Stage 4 disease at time of surgery

5 (12.8)

1 year overall survival

32 (82.1)

  1. Data are n (%) if not otherwise specified
  2. a 4 patients underwent local excision though TAMIS procedure
  3. ypT Pathological tumor stage, ypN Pathological nodal stage, CRM Circumferential resection margin
  4. bonly patients who underwent Total Mesorectal Excision (TME)