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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: PET/CT Staging Followed by Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) Improves Treatment Outcome of Locally Advanced Pharyngeal Carcinoma: a matched-pair comparison

 

% Cases (n = 44)

% Controls (n = 86)

p-value

Age in yrs, median

56

56

Matched by design

Range

39–78

33–82

 

Sex

   

   Male

80

80

Matched by design

   Female

20

20

 

Subsite

  

Matched by design

   Mesopharynx

79

78

 

   Hypopharynx

21

22

 

AJCC stage

   

   IV

100

100

Matched by design

T stage

  

0.20

   T1

7

6

 

   T2

27

11

 

   T3

23

35

 

   T4

43

49

 

Nodal status

  

0.70

   N0

2

1

 

   N1

7

6

 

   N2a

7

6

 

   N2b

39

44

 

   N2c

43

41

 

   N3

2

2

 

Grading

  

0.83

   G2

55

63

 

   G2-3

7

8

 

   G3

27

28

 

   Missing

11

1

 

Chemotherapy

  

<0.001

   Yes

100

79

 

   No

0

21

 
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