Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Characteristics | Number of Patients |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 178 (69.8) |
| Female | 77 (30.2) |
| Age | |
| ≤55 | 128 (50.2) |
| >55 | 127 (49.8) |
| cT stage | |
| cT3 | 203 (79.6) |
| cT4 | 52 (20.4) |
| cN stage | |
| cN0 | 57 (22.4) |
| cN1-2 | 198 (77.6) |
| Therapy method | |
| nCRT | 149 (58.4) |
| nCT | 106 (41.6) |
| ypT | |
| ypT0-2 | 124 (48.6) |
| ypT3-4 | 131 (51.4) |
| ypN | |
| ypN0 | 201 (78.8) |
| ypN1- | 54 (21.2) |
| Tumor Regression Grade | |
| TRG 0 | 50 (19.6) |
| TRG 1 | 81 (31.8) |
| TRG 2 | 82 (32.2) |
| TRG 3 | 42 (16.5) |
TRG, tumor regression grade; nCRT, neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy; nCT, neoadjuvant chemotherapy.