Table 1: Rectal Cancers Characteristics. Numbers. Percentages in Parentheses (%)

Gender Males: 144 (61.3) Females: 91 (38.7)
Age at operation Lowest: 16.4 Mean: 66.2 Median: 67.4 Highest: 89.9
Dukes’ stage A: 44 (18.7) B: 93 (39.6) C: 67 (28.5) D: 29 (12.3)
T stage T1: 8 (3.4) T2: 44 (18.7) T3: 178 (75.7) T4: 5 (2.1)
N stage N0: 145 (61.7) N1: 63 (26.8) N2: 27 (11.5)
M stage M0: 204 (86.8) M1: 29 (12.3)
Tumor different-iation Poor: 6 (2.6) Moderate: 225 (95.7) High: 2 (0.9)