Purpose: The median diagnosis age of rectal cancer (RC) is 70 years old. The standard of care for locally advanced RC (LARC) is preoperative chemoradiation (CRT) followed by surgery. Anaemia is a frequent condition in older patients but is not a pure consequence of ageing. Methods: The patients aged 65 years or over, with clinical stage II/III LARC, and treated with preoperative concurrent CRT were retrospectiv...