Table 2.

NCCN guideline concordant preferences for staging methods and recommendations for pre-op CRT by physician specialty and years in practice

NCCN guidelines Surgeon Characteristics	Preferred method of pre-op loco-regional staging is MRI or TRUS*	Recommend pre-op CRT for all Stage II/III
All Surgeons	92 (59%)	86 (53%)
Physician Specialty
General Surgeon	55 (50%)	52 (45%)
Colorectal Surgeon/Surgical Oncologist	37 (79%)	34 (71%)
	p=0.001	p=0.003
Years in Practice
0 – 2 Years	8 (67%)	2 (17%)
3 – 10 Years	26 (63%)	24 (57%)
11 – 15 Years	15 (71%)	15 (71%)
16+ Years	43 (52%)	45 (51%)
	p=0.33	p=0.02

^*N=156 due to missing responses.