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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dis Colon Rectum. 2013 May;56(5):551–559. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31827bd287

Table 2. Summary of adjusted conditional survival rates for rectal adenocarcinoma patients at year 0 and year 5 (N = 22,610).

No XRT (N = 8,939) Preoperative XRT (N = 2,818) Postoperative XRT (N = 5,954) Stage IV (N = 4,899)

Year 0 (%) Year 5 (%) Δ Year 0 (%) Year 5 (%) Δ Year 0 (%) Year 5 (%) Δ Year 0 (%) Year 5 (%) Δ
Age (years)
 <50 87.5 93.3 5.8 82.0 92.3 10.2 76.3 87.8 11.5 7.5 55.9 48.4
 50–59 85.0 91.9 6.8 78.7 90.7 12.0 72.4 85.6 13.2 7.3 55.6 48.3
 60–69 82.4 90.4 8.0 76.8 89.8 13.0 68.1 83.1 15.1 4.5 49.8 45.3
 70–79 77.3 87.4 10.1 67.7 85.3 17.6 62.4 79.8 17.3 2.4 43.5 41.0
 80+ 68.6 82.1 13.5 64.1 83.5 19.3 52.2 73.2 21.0 1.8 40.6 38.8
Gender
 Male 78.4 88.1 9.7 76.4 89.6 13.2 67.8 83.0 15.2 4.2 49.2 45.0
 Female 81.0 89.6 8.6 76.3 89.6 13.3 69.9 84.2 14.3 4.1 48.8 44.7
Ethnicity
 White 79.8 88.9 9.1 77.4 90.1 12.7 68.8 83.6 14.8 4.3 49.3 45.0
 Black 73.9 85.4 11.5 64.4 83.6 19.2 61.5 79.1 17.7 2.4 43.3 40.9
 Other 81.0 89.6 8.6 73.4 88.1 14.8 71.0 84.8 13.8 5.8 52.7 46.9
Tumor Grade
 Low 80.3 89.1 8.9 78.2 90.5 12.3 70.8 84.7 13.9 5.8 52.7 46.9
 High 74.9 86.0 11.1 66.0 84.4 18.4 60.9 78.8 17.9 1.4 38.2 36.8
 Unknown 74.5 85.8 11.2 67.8 85.4 17.6 52.6 73.4 20.9 1.0 35.6 34.6
AJCC stage
 I 88.5 93.8 5.3 88.8 95.3 6.5 83.7 83.7 8.1 - - -
 IIA 75.6 86.4 10.8 80.3 91.5 11.1 78.8 78.8 10.4 - - -
 IIB 62.4 78.2 15.8 66.9 84.9 18.0 62.7 62.7 17.2 - - -
 IIIA 74.8 85.9 11.1 81.0 91.8 10.8 80.6 80.6 9.6 - - -
 IIIB 53.4 72.1 18.7 60.2 81.3 21.1 63.9 63.9 16.7 - - -
 IIIC 36.2 58.8 22.6 43.5 71.2 27.8 47.5 47.5 22.4 - - -
 IV - - - - - - - - - 4.1 49.0 44.9

XRT, radiation therapy; Δ, indicates the absolute survival improvement when patients have survived 5 years; AJCC, American Joint Commission on Cancer Staging Manual (6th ed.).