Table 1

Patients and tumor characteristics.

Patient number

101

Period

Jan/1994 – Dec/2003

Age (year)

Median

62

Range

(25 – 84)

Gender

Male

52 (51.5%)

Female

49 (48.5%)

Tumor distance from the anal verge

0–6 cm

71 (70.3%)

6.5–10 cm

30 (29.7%)

Tumor mobility

Fixed

25 (24.7%)

Semi-fixed

76 (75.3%)

Ferrigno et al. Radiation Oncology 2006 1:5   doi:10.1186/1748-717X-1-5