Fig. 2

Trends in receipt of direct operation and preoperative neoadjuvant therapy for mid and low LARC between January 2015 and December 2021. A. The proportion of direct operation after diagnosis; B. The proportion of neoadjuvant therapy (nT); C. The proportion of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (CT) alone; D. The proportion of neoadjuvant short-course radiotherapy (SCRT); E. The proportion of neoadjuvant long-course chemoradiotherapy (LCRT);