Clinical Study

Tumor Regression Grades: Can They Influence Rectal Cancer Therapy Decision Tree?

Table 6

Survival in patients TRG (1 + 2) versus TRG (3 + 4 + 5) controlling ypN-stage (ypN0/ypN+), ypT-stage, and the distance from anal verge multivariable analysis.

Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) value

OS 0.46 (0.24–0.86) .016
DFS 0.43 (0.23–0.81) .007