| CRT | chemoradiotherapy |
| TME | total mesorectal excision |
| TRG | tumor regression grade |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| OS | overall-survival |
| CSS | cancer-specific-survival |
| LR | local recurrence |
| DM | distant metastasis |
| DMS | distant-metastasis-free survival |
| DF | disease-free-survival |
| ypN | post-chemoradiotherapy nodal status |
| f | female |
| m | male |