Table 1.

Patients and tumor characteristics.

Patient number	101
Period	Jan/1994 – Dec/2003
Age (year)
Median	62
Range	(25 – 84)
Gender
Male	52 (51.5%)
Female	49 (48.5%)
Tumor distance from the anal verge
0–6 cm	71 (70.3%)
6.5–10 cm	30 (29.7%)
Tumor mobility
Fixed	25 (24.7%)
Semi-fixed	76 (75.3%)