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Table 1 Patient/tumor characteristics

From: The safety and usefulness of neutron brachytherapy and external beam radiation in the treatment of patients with gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma with or without chemotherapy

Characteristics

Total (%)

CRT (%)

RT (%)

p Value

Sex

   

0.008

Male

153 (77.7)

76 (86.4)

77 (70.6)

 

Female

44 (22.3)

12 (13.6)

32 (29.4)

 

Age (years)

   

0.028

≤65

73 (37.3)

40 (45.5)

33 (30.3)

 

>65

124 (62.7)

48 (54.5)

76 (69.7)

 

KPS

   

0.141

≥80

114 (57.9)

56 (63.6)

58 (53.2)

 

70

83 (42.1)

32 (36.4)

51 (46.8)

 

The length

   

0.358

≤5 cm

182 (92.4)

83 (94.3)

99 (90.8)

 

>5 cm

15 (7.6)

5 (5.7)

10 (9.2)

 

Tumor location

   

0.092

Type I

9 (4.6)

4 (4.5)

5 (4.6)

 

Type II

95 (48.2)

35 (36.8)

60 (55.0)

 

Type III

93 (47.2)

49 (55.7)

44 (40.4)

 

T stage

   

0.002

T2

36 (18.3)

8 (9.1)

28 (25.7)

 

T3

68 (34.5)

31 (35.2)

37 (33.9)

 

T4

93 (47.2)

49 (55.7)

44 (40.4)

 

N stage

   

<0.0001

N0

49 (24.9)

9 (10.2)

40 (36.7)

 

N1

148 (75.1)

79 (89.8)

69 (63.3)

 

6th AJCC stage

   

<0.0001

II

46 (23.4)

9 (10.2)

37 (33.9)

 

III

151 (76.6)

79 (89.8)

72 (66.1)

 

Total dose

   

0.235

≤70

67 (34.0)

26 (29.5)

41 (37.6%)

 

>70

130 (66.0)

62 (70.5)

68 (62.4)

 
  1. Abbreviations: CRT  chemotherapy plus radiotherapy, Total dose EBRT + NBT dose, OS Overall survival rate, LRC Local-regional control.