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Table 1 Patient characteristics and treatment factors (n = 370)

From: Patterns of local-regional failure after primary intensity modulated radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Characteristic

Patients (%)

Gender

 

Male

273 (73.8)

Female

97 (26.2)

Age (yr)

 

Median

50

Range

9–79

WHO histologic type

 

I

3 (0.8)

II

76 (20.5)

III

285 (77)

Othersa

6 (1.7)

Tumor classification

 

T1-2

198 (53.5)

T3-4

172 (46.5)

Node classification

 

N0-1

139 (37.5)

N2-3

231 (62.5)

Stage

 

I/II

69 (17.2)

III/IV

301 (82.8)

Treatment factors

 

IMRT treatment duration (days)

 

Median (range)

45 (40–58)

RT alone

29 (7.8)

Chemotherapy

341 (92.2)

  1. WHO World Health Organization, RT radiotherapy.
  2. aOther WHO histologic type including nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma, poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, small cell carcinoma and carcinomatous change.