Sections of archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues from 50 patients with rectal cancer (untreated endoscopy biopsy samples at diagnosis and paired posttreatment surgical samples) were analyzed by IHC for CD73, CD8, and Pan-cytokeratin using the Ventana Benchmark Ultra platform (PR_PATMO_0010) as described previously and in the Supplementary Data (25 (link)). A total of 7 samples did not show residual tumor post-chemoradiation and were excluded from the analysis.