Table I.

Patient characteristics.

Variable	No. of patients (%)
Gender
Male	58 (67.4)
Female	28 (32.6)
Age (years)
Median	71
Range	45–91
Pathological stage
pT2	51 (59.3)
pT3/pT4	35 (40.7)
Tumour grade
G1	1 (1.2)
G2	34 (39.5)
G3	51 (59.3)
Lymph node metastasis
N0	51 (59.3)
N+	32 (37.2)
Nx	3 (3.5)
Distant metastasis
M0	61 (70.9)
M+	21 (24.4)
Mx	4 (4.7)
N0/M0	49 (57.0)