The NCCN guidelines categorically recommend adjuvant XRT for a cT1-2N0 rectal adenocarcinoma upstaged to a pT3N0, yet there are multiple institutional series with low recurrence rates with surgery alone in T3N0 patients in whom adjuvant chemoradiation is omitted. This questions presumes high-volume colorectal surgeons performing good TMEs with negative margins.
Dr. @Bruce D. Minsky - to piggyback on this answer...
To piggyback on this, how about pT3N1, proximal re...