Table 1.

Clinical and imaging data for the first 24 patients included in the RECTOPET study

Variables	N	%
Sex
Male	13	54
Female	11	46
Tumour height
≤ 5 cm	11	46
6–10 cm	8	33
11–15 cm	5	21
cT stage
0	1	4
1	1	4
2	8	33
3	12	50
4	2	8
cN stage
0	15	63
1	3	13
2	6	25
cM stage
0	14	58
1	9	38
X	1	4
Management
Direct surgery	5	21
Radiotherapya	10	42
Chemoradiotherapy	3	13
Palliative	4	17
Otherb	2	8
pT stage
0c	3	0
1	2	8
2	3	13
3	10	42
4	0	0
No specimen yet/ever	6	25
pN stage
0	10	42
1	6	25
2	2	8
No specimen yet/ever	6	25
Adjuvant therapy
No	5	25
Yes	5	46

c clinical, p pathological

^aOne patient with a clinical complete response, in watch-and-wait programme; one patient declined curative surgery due to intervening femur fracture

^bOne patient referred for surgery of a synchronous lung metastasis from renal carcinoma; one patient underwent diagnostic transanal endoscopic microsurgery

^cOne patient with dysplasia; one patient with complete pathological response; one patient with no residual tumour