Research Article

Survival after Abdominoperineal and Sphincter-Preserving Resection in Nonmetastatic Rectal Cancer: A Population-Based Time-Trend and Propensity Score-Matched SEER Analysis

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

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Patient characteristics

Tumor stage (AJCC 6th ed.)
 Stage I1106 (23.5%)859 (22.0%)247 (30.8%)<
 Stage IIA1417 (30.1%)1185 (30.4%)232 (28.9%)
 Stage IIB160 (3.4%)150 (3.8%)10 (1.2%)
 Stage IIIA283 (6.0%)219 (5.6%)64 (8.0%)
 Stage IIIB1159 (24.7%)993 (25.5%)166 (20.7%)
 Stage IIIC575 (12.2%)492 (12.6%)83 (10.3%)

Retrieved regional lymph nodes
 <122180 (46.4%)1845 (47.3%)335 (41.8%)
 12+2520 (53.6%)2053 (52.7%)467 (58.2%)

Grading
 G1338 (7.2%)264 (6.8%)74 (9.2%)
 G23307 (70.4%)2731 (70.1%)576 (71.8%)
 G3/4686 (14.6%)581 (14.9%)105 (13.1%)
 Unknown369 (7.9%)322 (8.3%)47 (5.9%)

Radiation
 None1165 (24.8%)897 (23.0%)268 (33.4%)<
 Before surgery2953 (62.8%)2512 (64.4%)441 (55.0%)
 After surgery582 (12.4%)489 (12.5%)93 (11.6%)

Year of diagnosis
 2005744 (15.8%)620 (15.9%)124 (15.5%)
 2006671 (14.3%)566 (14.5%)105 (13.1%)
 2007688 (14.6%)568 (14.6%)120 (15.0%)
 2008636 (13.5%)547 (14.0%)89 (11.1%)
 2009653 (13.9%)526 (13.5%)127 (15.8%)
 2010685 (14.6%)572 (14.7%)113 (14.1%)
 2011623 (13.3%)499 (12.8%)124 (15.5%)

Age
 <50799 (17.0%)629 (16.1%)170 (21.2%)<
 50–641854 (39.4%)1497 (38.4%)357 (44.5%)
 65–791564 (33.3%)1342 (34.4%)222 (27.7%)
 80+483 (10.3%)430 (11.0%)53 (6.6%)

Gender
 Male2972 (63.2%)2477 (63.5%)495 (61.7%)
 Female1728 (36.8%)1421 (36.5%)307 (38.3%)

Ethnicity
 Caucasian3940 (83.8%)3275 (84.0%)665 (82.9%)
 African-American366 (7.8%)285 (7.3%)81 (10.1%)
 Other/unknown394 (8.4%)338 (8.7%)56 (7.0%)
Marital status
 Married2822 (60.0%)2296 (58.9%)526 (65.6%)
 Single/widowed1174 (25.0%)1003 (25.7%)171 (21.3%)
 Other/unknown704 (15.0%)599 (15.4%)105 (13.1%)

Outcome variables

Cause of death
 Alive3668 (78.0%)2988 (76.7%)680 (84.8%)<
 Dead from cancer714 (15.2%)631 (16.2%)83 (10.3%)
 Dead not from cancer318 (6.8%)279 (7.2%)39 (4.9%)

Follow-up
 Months35.5 (23.4)35.4 (23.4)36.3 (23.8)

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