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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Efficacy and prognostic analysis of chemoradiotherapy in patients with thoracic esophageal squamous carcinoma with cervical lymph nodal metastasis alone

Characteristics

No.

%

Sex

  

  Male

115

82.7

  Female

24

17.3

Histological grading

  

  G1

12

8.6

  G2

61

43.9

  G3/4

38

27.3

  Gx

28

20.1

Tumor site

  

  Proximal

54

38.8

  Medial

75

54.0

  Distal

10

7.2

Tumor legngth

  

  ≤ 5 cm

65

46.8

  > 5 cm

74

53.2

T stage

  

  T1/2

17

12.2

  T3

68

48.9

  T4

54

38.8

M stage

  

  M1a

54

38.8

  M1b

85

61.2

Laterality

  

  Unilateral CLNM

106

76.2

  Bilateral CLNM

33

23.7

RT dose

  

  < 60 Gy

45

32.4

  ≥ 60Gy

94

67.6

Chemotherapy mode

  

  Induced CT+RCT

29

20.9

  RCT

110

79.1

Concurrent chemotherapy

  

  Cisplatin+5-Fu

44

31.7

  Cisplatin+ docetaxel

72

51.8

  Other

23

16.5

Response to treatment

  

  CR

48

34.5

  Non-CR

91

65.5

  1. RT: radiotherapy; CT: chemotherapy; RCT: radiochemotherapy; CLNM: cervical lymph nodal metastases.