estimated 5-year overall survival
and colostomy-free survival were 75.4% and 85.3% respectively. Eleven patients (7.7%) never achieved a
complete response, 15 had a local component of recurrence and 5 a regional one. One patient had failure
in the common iliac node area outside the treatment fields. The inguinal control rate was 98.5%. The
5-year tumor and nodal control rates were 81.5% and 96.0%, respectively