Research Article

Patterns of Pelvic Radiotherapy in Patients with Stage II/III Rectal Cancer

Table 1

Patient demographics of resected rectal cancer patients (SEER-17; 1998–2007).

VariableTotalRadiation (%)No radiation (%) value

21,68414,696 (67.8)6,988 (32.3)
Age, years<0.0001
 <503,1512,658 (84.4)493 (15.7)
 50–594,5923,710 (80.8)882 (19.2)
 60–695,2663,968 (75.3)1,298 (24.7)
 70–795,4503,279 (60.2) 2,171 (39.8)
 >80 3,224 1,080 (33.5) 2,144 (66.5)
Gender<0.0001
 Male12,7568,972 (70.3)3,784 (29.7)
 Female8,9275,723 (64.1)3,204 (35.9)
Race0.3902
 White18,00712,175 (67.6)5,832 (32.4)
 African-American1,5451,048 (67.8)497 (32.2)
 Others/unknown2,1311,446 (69.1)647 (30.9)
Stage <0.0001
 II9,7746,282 (64.3)3,492 (35.7)
 III11,9093,492 (35.7)3,496 (29.4)
SES index<0.0001
 14,9693,286 (33.9)1,683 (33.9)
 24,4682,953 (66.1)1,515 (33.9)
 34,3783,093 (70.7)1,285 (29.4)
 43,4652,344 (67.7)1,121 (32.4)
 54,4033,019 (68.6)1,384 (31.43)
Year of diagnosis<0.0001
 19981,240809 (65.2)431 (34.8)
 19991,180789 (66.9)391 (33.1)
 20002,3871,568 (65.7)819 (34.3)
 20012,4221,541 (63.6)881 (36.4)
 20022,4301,541 (63.6)826 (34.0)
 20032,3751,563 (65.8)812 (34.2)
 20042,2961,565 (65.8)731 (31.8)
 20052,4591,710 (69.5)749 (30.5)
 20062,3701,703 (71.9)667 (28.1)
 20072,5241,843 (73.0)681 (27.0)