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Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical characteristics

From: Hypo- or conventionally fractionated radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy in patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer

Characteristics

HypoTRT group

(n = 69)

ConvTRT group

(n = 101)

P

Gender

  

0.414

 Male

57(82.6%)

88(87.1%)

 

 Female

12(17.4%)

13(12.9%)

 

Age (yr)

  

0.698

 Median

59

57

 

 Range

31–76

38–83

 

Smoking

  

0.403

 Yes

48(69.6%)

64(63.4%)

 

 No

21(30.4%)

37(36.6%)

 

Performance status(ECOG)

  

0.564

 0–1

65(94.2%)

92(91.1%)

 

 2

4(5.8%)

9(8.9%)

 

TNM stage

  

0.761

 I-II

10(14.5%)

13(12.9%)

 

 III

59(85.5%)

88(87.1%)

 

CRT modality

  

<0.001

 Concurrent CRT

63(91.3%)

50(49.5%)

 

 Early radiotherapy

53

34

 

 Late radiotherapy

10

16

 

 Sequential CRT

6(8.7%)

51(50.5%)

 

Cycles of chemotherapy

  

0.924

 <4 cycles

12(17.4%)

17(16.8%)

 

 ≥4 cycles

57(82.6%)

84(83.2%)

 

PCI

  

0.014

 Yes

46(66.7%)

48(47.5%)

 

 No

23(33.3%)

53(52.5%)

 
  1. Abbreviations: PCI prophylactic cranial irradiation
  2. CRT chemoradiotherapy
  3. ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group