Table 1 Clinical patients characteristics
Variables | Values | Range or percent |
|---|---|---|
Total no. of patients | 91 | |
Age, years (median) | 61 | 38–82 |
< 70 | 78 | 85.7% |
≥ 70 | 13 | 14.3% |
Gender | ||
Male | 61 | 67.0% |
Female | 30 | 33.0% |
Clinical tumor depth | ||
T2 | 4 | 4.2% |
T3 | 85 | 93.4% |
T4 | 2 | 2.2% |
Clinical lymph node metastases | ||
N0 | 41 | 45.0% |
N1 | 28 | 30.8% |
N2 | 22 | 24.2% |
Histological classification | ||
High differentiation | 11 | 12.1% |
Moderate differentiation | 76 | 83.5% |
Low differentiation | 4 | 4.4% |
Treatment response | ||
CR | 0 | 0.0% |
PR | 56 | 61.5% |
SD | 28 | 30.8% |
PD | 7 | 7.7% |
Post-operation pathological response | ||
Response (pCR + pPR) | 20 | 22.0% |
Non-response | 71 | 78.0% |