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However, little is known about the significance of the morphological and histological features of residual tumour.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Patients who had undergone CRT at the authors' institution between 1997 and 2010 were identified. Multiple features were assessed as putative markers of pathological response. These included: gross residual disease, diameter of residual mucosal abnormalities, tumour differentiation, presence of lymphovascular\/perineural invasion and lymph node ratio.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Data from 220 of 276 patients were suitable for analysis. Diameter of residual mucosal abnormalities correlated strongly with pathological tumour category after CRT (ypT) (P &amp;lt; 0\u00b7001). Forty of 42 tumours downstaged to ypT0\/1 had residual mucosal abnormalities of 2\u00b799 cm or less after CRT. Importantly, 19 of 31 patients with a complete pathological response had evidence of a residual mucosal abnormality consistent with an incomplete clinical response. The ypT category was associated with both pathological node status after CRT (P &amp;lt; 0\u00b7001) and lymph node ratio (P &amp;lt; 0\u00b7001). Positive nodes were found in only one of 42 patients downstaged to ypT0\/1. The risk of nodal metastases was associated with poor differentiation (P = 0\u00b7027) and lymphovascular invasion (P &amp;lt; 0\u00b7001).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In this series, the majority of patients with a complete pathological response did not have a complete clinical response. In tumours downstaged to ypT0\/1 after CRT, residual mucosal abnormalities were predominantly small and had a 2 per cent risk of positive nodes, thus potentially facilitating transanal excision. 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