Table 3.
Results of postoperative pathological examination
| Variable | RT (%) n = 68 |
CRT (%) n = 72 |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| ypT0 | 3 (4.4) | 8 (11.1) | 0.112 |
| ypT1 | 3 (4.4) | 5 (6.9) | |
| ypT2 | 18 (26.5) | 19 (26.4) | |
| ypT3 | 44 (64.7) | 36 (50) | |
| ypT4 | 0 | 4 (5.6) | |
| ypN0 | 43 (64.2) | 54 (75) | 0.318 |
| ypN1 | 19 (27.9) | 14 (19.4) | |
| ypN2 | 6 (8.9) | 4 (5.6) | |
| Differentiation | |||
| G1 | 6 (9) | 5 (7.8) | 0.306 |
| G2 | 56 (83.5) | 51 (79.7) | |
| G3 | 5 (7.5) | 8 (12.5) | |
| ypL1 (lymphatic) | 23 (37.1) | 22 (31.9) | 0.530 |
| ypV1 (vascular) | 19 (31.1) | 15 (21.7) | 0.233 |
| Distal resection | |||
| margin (mm) | 29.83 (SD = 15.1) | 31.62 (SD = 17.1) | 0.538 |
| Circumferential resection | |||
| margin (mm) | 5.02 (SD = 4.44) | 7 (SD = 7.19) | 0.193 |
| Tumor size (mm) | 26.22 (SD = 12.22) | 25.13 (SD = 12.48) | 0.622 |