Research Article
Does Extending the Waiting Time of Low-Rectal Cancer Surgery after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Increase the Perioperative Complications?
Table 5
Pathological results.
| | Tumor characteristics | Group A (≤8 weeks) | Group B (>8 weeks) | value | | |
| | Tumor grading | | | | | Well-differentiated | 1 (5.9) | 1 (2.3) | | | Moderately differentiated | 14 (82.3) | 35 (81.3) | | | Poorly differentiated | 2 (11.8) | 2 (4.7) | 0.39 | | Circumferential margin positivity | 5 (30) | 4 (9.3) | 0.04 | | Invasion | | | | | Perineural invasion | 7 (41.1) | 16 (37.2) | 0.77 | | Lymphovascular invasion | 2 (11.7) | 8 (18.6) | 0.52 | | Pathologic complete response | 2 (11.7) | 8 (18.6) | 0.52 |
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Values are presented as number (%).
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