Table 3.

T and N downstaging (intention to treat population: 90 patients)

	Arm A		Arm B		pvalue
	(BVZ + CAP + RT)		(CAP + RT)
	(n° patients = 44)		(n° patients = 46)
Parameter	No. of patients	%	No. of patients	%
ypT					0.0429
Better	26	59	18	39
Equal	16	37	28	61
Worse	1	2	0	0
Missinga	1	2	0	0
ypN					0.0865
Better	24	55	35	76
Equal	15	34	8	18
Worse	4	9	2	4
No Evaluableb	0	0	1	2
Missinga	1	2	0	0
ypT and ypN					0.5612
Better in both	18	41	16	35
Better in one of them	14	32	20	43
Worse in both	11	25	9	20
No Evaluableb	0	0	1	2
Missinga	1	2	0	0

^aNo surgery.

^bIt was reported as ypNx.