Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy in Elderly Patients with Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics.

Characteristic	Patients (%)
Age
Average (range)	73.1 (70–76)
Gender
Female	5 (25)
Male	15 (75)
ACE-27 score
0	8 (40)
1	10 (50)
2	2 (10)
PS score
0	13 (65)
1	6 (30)
2	1 (5)
Histology
Adenocarcinoma	20 (100)
Clinical stage
IIA	2 (10)
IIIB	11 (55)
IIIC	7 (35)
Neoadjuvant treatment
RT-CHT intensified	20 (100)

RT: radiation therapy; CHT: chemotherapy.