Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics (n=47)
| Characteristic | Valuea |
| Gender | |
| Male | 27 (57.4%) |
| Female | 20 (42.6%) |
| Age (year) | 58.6 (23–66)b |
| Pathologic type | |
| Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma | 10 (21.3%) |
| Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma | 15 (31.9%) |
| Well differentiated adenocarcinoma | 16 (34.0%) |
| Mucinous adenocarcinoma | 6 (12.8%) |
| Clinical stage | |
| III | 29 (61.7%) |
| IV | 18 (38.3%) |
| Sphincter-preserving | |
| Yes | 16 (34.0%) |
| No (artificial anus) | 31 (66.0%) |
| Tumor recurrence type | |
| Anastomotic recurrence | 12 (25.5%) |
| Pelvic recurrence (including the pelvic lymph nodes, uterus and accessories, vagina, presacral space) | 24 (51.1%) |
| Perineal recurrence | 11 (23.4%) |
a
Value are expressed as number (percentage) of patients
b
Value is expressed as median (range)