Table 1.

Common clinical characteristics of rectal NECs patients in our center and in SEER database.

Characteristics	Chinese patients (n = 41)	SEER database			P Value
		White (n = 650)	Black (n = 246)	American Indians and Asian Islanders (n = 132)
Age (years)					0.001
Mean	62	52	56	49
Range	38–78	15–85	26–87	20–84
Sex					0.004
Male	28	331 (54%)	103 (43%)	71 (54%)
Female	13	318 (46%)	143 (57%)	61 (46%)
Main complaints
Hemafecia	22
Physical examination	6
Others	13
Surgery					0.001
Performed	35	409 (63%)	167 (68%)	103 (78%)
Not performed or unknown	6	241 (37%)	79 (32%)	29 (22%)
Surgical procedure
APR	18
Dixon	12
Hartmann	5