Table 1. Showing the age, sex and smoking patterns and tumour and nodal status as assessed on the baseline CT scan done before start of NACRT.

	Mucinous (n=34)	Non-mucinous (n=128)
Age in years, mean [maximum, minimum]	34 [20, 60]	53 [18, 73]
Sex (number), male/female	22/12	93/35
Smoking status, smoker/non-smoker	6/28	23/105
Preop tumour size on CT scan (cm)
Median	7.94×2.44	8.5×1.8
Minimum	3.5×1.9	4×1.5
Maximum	12×2.5	8×1.6
Nodal status on CT
No LN	9 (26.4%)	20 (15.6%)
Few discrete LN	6 (17.6%)	57 (44.5%)
Multiple enlarged LN	10 (29.4%)	35 (27.3%)
Only peri-rectal fat stranding	9 (26.4%)	16 (12.6%)

CT, computed tomography; NACRT, neoadjuvant chemo-radiation; LN, lymphadenopathy.