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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Surg. 2019 Aug 22;106(11):1530–1541. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11233

Table 2:

Association between postinduction MRI features, the Dworak score and DFS in univariate analysis

N=128 Values DWORAK (117) DFS (n=128)
0–1–2 3–4 P-value HR 95%CI P-value

Tumor Volume 12 [0–217] 16.5 [0–217] 9.3 [0–47.6] <0.001 1.01 1.00–1.02 0.019

Volume regression ≤60 51 (39.84%) 20 (47%) 23 (53%) 3.15 1.51–6.59

>60 77 (60.16%) 36 (51%) 35 (49%) 0.66 1 0.002

T 0/1/2 39 (29.32%) 11 (30%) 26 (70%) 1

3/4 94 (70.68%) 45 (56%) 35 (44%) 0.008 2.18 0.84–5.67 0.083

CRM 0 91 (70.0%) 37 (45%) 45 (55%) 0.17 1 0.037

1 39 (30.0%) 19 (59%) 13 (41%) 2.16 1.07–4.39


N 0 53 (39.85%) 19 (39%) 30 (61%) 1

1 80 (60.15%) 37 (54%) 31 (46%) 0.095 2.0 0.89–4.46 0.077

Sphincter involvement 0 126 (95.45%) 53 (48%) 58 (52%) 1

1 6 (4.55%) 3 (60%) 2 (40%) 0.67 1.65 0.39–6.93 0.522

Tumor Location Low 44 (33.08%) 12 (30%) 28 (70%) 1

Mid 68 (51.13%) 32 (53%) 28 (47%) 0.85 0.38–1.89

High 21 (15.79%) 12 (71%) 5 (29%) 0.009 1.06 0.39–2.92 0.866

EMVI 0 89 (66.92%) 29 (37%) 50 (63%) 1

1 44 (33.08%) 27 (71%) 11 (29%) <0.001 2.25 1.11–4.55 0.0255

Mucinous Content 0 95 (71.97%) 39 (46%) 46 (54%) 1

1 37 (28.03%) 17 (55%) 14 (45.2%) 0.39 1.92 0.94–3.94 0.080

TRG 1 1 (0.75%) 0 1 (100%)

2 41 (30.83%) 10 (26%) 29 (74%)

3 31 (23.31%) 7 (28%) 18 (72%)

4 51 (38.35%) 31 (70%) 13 (30%)

5 9 (6.77%) 8 (100%) 0 <0.001

TRG 1–2/3–5 1–2 42 (31.58%) 10 (25%) 30 (75%) 1

3–4–5 91 (68.42%) 46 (60%) 31 (40%) <0.001 2.73 1.05–7.11 0.0227