From: Clinical outcomes of radiation therapy for clinical T4b oesophageal cancer with airway invasion
Characteristics | Number of patients | % |
---|---|---|
Age [years; median (range)] | 62 (44–84) | |
Gender | ||
Male | 45 | 95.7 |
Female | 2 | 4.3 |
ECOG performance status | ||
1 | 33 | 70.2 |
2 | 13 | 27.7 |
3 | 1 | 2.1 |
Tumor site | ||
Cervical | 5 | 10.6 |
Upper thoracic | 18 | 38.3 |
Middle thoracic | 24 | 51.1 |
Clinical T4b categorya | ||
Gross invasion in bronchoscopy | 31 | 66.0 |
Mucosal change in bronchoscopy | 16 | 34.0 |
Stage (AJCC 7th) | ||
IIIC | 41 | 87.2 |
IV | 6 | 12.8 |
Treatment | ||
Definitive CCRT | 20 | 42.5 |
Definitive RT alone | 7 | 15.0 |
Induction CT followed by RT | 4 | 8.5 |
Neoadjuvant CCRT | 8 | 17.0 |
Palliative RT | 8 | 17.0 |
Radiotherapy dose | ||
−39 Gy | 10 | 21.3 |
40–49 Gy | 9 | 19.1 |
50–59 Gy | 5 | 10.6 |
60–70 Gy | 23 | 49.0 |
Radiotherapy technique | ||
3DCRT | 38 | 80.9 |
IMRT | 9 | 19.1 |