Effect of multidisciplinary team treatment on outcomes of patients with gastrointestinal malignancy

Table 3 Clinical outcome of patients in two groups n (%)

Clinical outcome	NT group	Control group	Odds ratio	P value
	(n = 101)	(n = 162)	(95% CI)
Sphincter preservation1	13 (37.14)	5 (13.51)	3.78 (1.18-12.13)	0.041
Local recurrence	4 (3.96)	18 (11.11)	0.33 (0.11-1.00)	0.042
Distant metastasis	22 (21.78)	36 (22.22)	0.87 (0.48-1.57)	0.933
5-yr disease-free survival rate	77 (76.24)	109 (67.28)	-	0.039
5-yr overall survival rate	78 (77.23)	113 (69.75)	-	0.049

¹Within the patients whose distance of tumor from anal verge were less than 5 cm, n = 72 (Table 1). NT: Neoadjuvant therapy.