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Baseline patient characteristics.
| Characteristic | No. of patients (%) n=37 |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| Median | 59 |
| Range | 32–79 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 23 (62.2) |
| Female | 24 (37.8) |
| Tumor location | |
| Ra | 9 (24.4) |
| Rb | 27 (73.0) |
| P | 1 (2.8) |
| Clinical TNM stage | |
| T3 | 32 (86.5) |
| T4 | 5 (13.5) |
| N0 | 10 (27.0) |
| N1 | 18 (48.6) |
| N2 | 8 (21.6) |
| N3 | 1 (2.8) |
TNM, tumour-node-metastasis; Ra, upper rectum; Rb, lower rectum; P, anorectum.
