Baseline characteristics
upper rectal cancer
RECTAL CANCER
A total of 50 patients were recruited between February 2016 and March 2019 who had a median age of 57 years (range, 26–66); 18 were female (36%). There were 19 patients with upper rectal cancer (38%) and 31 with middle rectal cancer (62%). All were clinical T3 and T4a. There were 48 (96%) clinical node-positive patients and 25 (50%) clinical stage N2 patients. Forty-eight patients were at clinical stage III (96%), except for 2 stage II patients (4%) (Table Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics (