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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with lacrimal gland carcinoma

From: Outcomes in patients with lacrimal gland carcinoma treated with definitive radiotherapy or eye-sparing surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy

Total (n = 18)

Patient number

Percentage (%)

Median age (years)

54 (20–85)

 

Sex

 Male

8

44.4

 Female

10

55.6

T stage

 1

1

5.6

 2

9

50.0

 3

3

16.7

 4

5

27.7

Types of surgery

 Excision

15

83.3

 Needle biopsy

3

16.7

RT treatment

 Adjuvant RT alone

13

72.2

 Adjuvant CCRT

2

11.1

 Definitive RT

2

11.1

 Definitive CCRT

1

5.6

RT type

 3DCRT

2

11.1

 IMRT

14

77.8

 Proton

2

11.1

RT dose

 < 6600 cGy

9

50.0

 ≥ 6600 cGy

9

50.0

Cell type

 Adenoid cystic carcinoma

9

50.0

 Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma

7

38.9

 Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma

2

11.1

Margin

 positive

13

72.2

 negative

5

27.8

LVSI

 Positive

6

33.3

 Negative

12

66.7

PNI

 Positive

8

44.4

 Negative

10

55.6

  1. RT radiotherapy, CCRT concurrent chemoradiotherapy, 3DCRT 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, IMRT intensity-modulated radiotherapy, cGy centigray, LVSI lymphovascular invasion, PNI perineural invasion.