Table 1.
Main characteristics of the survey respondents
| No. of participants | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 321 | 100% |
| Country of residence | ||
| Netherlands | 86 | 27% |
| UK | 51 | 16% |
| USA | 24 | 8% |
| Portugal | 17 | 5% |
| Australia | 15 | 5% |
| India | 14 | 4% |
| Sweden | 13 | 4% |
| Italy | 12 | 4% |
| Brazil | 11 | 3% |
| Other (< 10 per country)* | 78 | 24% |
| Profession | ||
| Radiologist | 255 | 79% |
| Abdominal radiologist with specific expertise in rectal MRI | 103 | 32% |
| Abdominal radiologist | 87 | 27% |
| General radiologist | 39 | 12% |
| Resident | 26 | 8% |
| Surgeon | 34 | 11% |
| Radiation oncologist | 16 | 5% |
| Pathologist | 6 | 2% |
| Other** | 10 | 3% |
| TNM staging applied in clinical practice | ||
| TNM 8 | 201 | 63% |
| TNM 7 | 77 | 24% |
| Older version (TNM 6 or older) | 2 | 1% |
| None | 10 | 3% |
| Unknown | 31 | 10% |
*Other countries with < 10 respondents included Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine
**Other professions included medical oncologist (n = 7), gastroenterologist (n = 2), and PhD researcher (n = 1)