Table 2.

Factors associated with gross tumor volume.

	53 LARC patients and P value	pCR group and P value	Non-pCR group and P value
mrT stage at baseline	0.15	0.47	0.47
mrN stage at baseline	0.03	0.09	0.06
mrTD status at baseline	0.85	0.36	0.65
mrEMVI status at baseline	0.006	0.23	0.005
mrCRM status at baseline	0.002	0.24	0.007
CEA level	0.04	1	0.06
Tumor location (from anal verge)	0.35	0.04	0.84
Tumor differentiation	0.22	0.4	0.74