Table 1.

Demographics and cancer characteristics

	Simultaneous	Staged	P value
Patients	145	53
Age (years)	56 ± 14	58 ± 11	.4
Female	57 (40%)	21 (40%)	.8
Comorbidities	79 (55%)	30 (57%)	NS
Rectal primary
Level (cm)	9.9 ± 5.3	9.0 ± 5.2	.3
pT 3/4	118 (82%)	44 (82%)	.7
pN 1/2	85 (59%)	33 (62%)	.7
LNN density (%)	15.0 ± 22.2	11.7 ± 14.3	.3
Hepatic metastasis
Largest size (cm)	2.7 ± 2.3	5.6 ± 3.6	<.01
Number of lesions	2.1 ± 1.3	2.2 ± 1.2	.8
>5 lesions	19 (13%)	6 (11%)	.8

LNN = lymph node; NS = nonsignificant; pN = pathological regional lymph node involvement; pT = pathological tumor size.