Table III.

Pathological therapeutic effects of NAC and NACRT.

Parameter	NAC (n=16)	NACRT (n=10)	P-value
T downgrade, n (%)	14 (87.5)	8 (80)	0.63
T depth/F depth, median (range)	0.61 (0–1.58)	0.73 (0.1–1)	0.75
pT downgrade, n (%)	4 (25)	4 (40)	0.66
pCR rate for primary lesion, n (%)	2 (12.5)	0 (0)	0.51
pCR rate for lymph nodes, n (%)a	2 (33.3)	3 (37.5)	1
N negative conversion, n (%)b	8 (80)	3 (37.5)	0.15

aNAC (n=6), NACRT (n=8); bNAC (n=10), NACRT (n=8). NAC, neoadjuvant chemotherapy; NACRT, neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy; pCR, pathological complete response.