Table 3: Response to pre-operative treatment.

CTRT CONTROL
Treatment response n = 42 n = 15 P value
Clinical response
Clinically complete response 26 5
Partial response 15 10 P < 0.05
Biopsy result
Histologically complete response 24 3
Residual disease 17 10 P < 0.05
Patients with CCR and HCR 24 3 P < 0.05