TABLE 1

PET Response, Prechemoradiation TNM Stage, and Surgical Pathology

PET responseCompletePartialStable or worse
No. of patients17103
Prechemoradiation TNM stage
 T3/T416/18/22/1
 N1/N2*11/05/20/2
Surgical pathology
 Absence of tumor51
 Tumor in primary1293
 Tumor in nodes333
 Tumor in primary and nodes333
  • * On PET or structural imaging.

  • No tumor cells: inflammatory response only.