21 Pearls and pitfalls of structured staging and reporting of rectal cancer on MRI 2 Table 2 Patient and study reader characteristics N= % Patients Total 75 100% Median age 64 years (range 40-82) Sex Male 46 61% Female 29 39% Clinical tumour stage and treatment Surgery only (early stage) 10 13% Short course radiotherapy (intermediate stage) 7 9% Long course (chemo)radiotherapy* (advanced stage) 58 77% Study readers Total 21 100% Years after completion of residency training <5 years 5 24% 5-10 years 6 29% >10 years 10 48% Workplace Comprehensive cancer center 8 35% University hospital 4 19% General hospital 7 33% other 2 10% Number of rectal cancer cases reported on a yearly basis < 50 1 5% 50 – 100 5 24% > 100 15 71% Country of origin United Kingdom 5 24% Brazil 2 10% India 2 10% Italy 2 10% Romania 2 10% Switzerland 2 10% The Netherlands 2 10% Chile 1 5% Georgia 1 5% Germany 1 5% Israël 1 5% Sweden 1 5% * Including 57 cases undergoing long course chemoradiation and 1 case undergoing 5x5 Gy radiotherapy with a prolonged waiting interval to surgery
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