Formation of Polyploid Giant Cancer Cells Involves in the Prognostic Value of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Table 2

Comparison of the incidence of tumor emboli, histological type, and lymph node metastasis in patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (nCRT) and without nCRT.

Group	nCRT	Non-nCRT	Chi-square
Tumor emboli	198	169	5.117	0.025
Nontumor emboli	106	132
Mucinous adenocarcinoma	59	16	29.352	0.001
Nonmucinous adenocarcinoma	219	267
Lymph node metastasis	184	163	0.929	0.377
Nonlymph node metastasis	99	104

nCRT, neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy.