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Table 1 Patient and treatment characteristics

From: Health-related quality of life and patient-reported symptoms after postoperative proton beam radiotherapy of cervical and endometrial cancer: 2-year results of the prospective phase II APROVE-trial

Characteristics

Values (range or percentage)

Median age (years)

62 (33–78)

Age (years)

 31–40

3 (12.0%)

 41–50

1 (4.0%)

 51–60

8 (32.0%)

 61–70

10 (40.0%)

 71–80

3 (12.0%)

FIGO stage (2018)

 1

15 (60.0%)

 2

2 (8.0%)

 3

7 (28.0%)

 4

1 (4.0%)

Median body mass index prior to RT (kg/m2)

25.0 (18.2–41.6)

Median Karnofsky performance score prior to RT (%)

90 (70–100)

Type of surgery

 TAH-BSO with LND

18 (72.0%)

 TAH-BSO without LND

1 (4.0%)

 TLH-BSO with LND

6 (24.0%)

Prior surgical lymph node dissection

 Yes

24 (96.0%)

 No

1 (4.0%)

Median time from surgery to RT start

85 (36–232)

Chemotherapy

 Simultaneous (cisplatin weekly)

7 (28.0%)

 Prior to radiotherapy (carboplatin/paclitaxel)

8 (32.0%)

 After radiotherapy (carboplatin/paclitaxel)

5 (20.0%)

 No chemotherapy

5 (20.0%)

Median RT treatment time (days)

43 (33–51)

Proton beam therapy dose

 45.0 GyRBE

9 (36.0%)

 50.4 GyRBE

16 (64.0%)

Extended field radiation

 Including para-aortic region

1 (4.0%)

 No extended para-aortic field

24 (96.0%)

  1. BSO bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, FIGO International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology, LNE lymph node dissection, RBE relative biological effectiveness, RT radiotherapy, TAH total abdominal hysterectomy, TLH total laparoscopic hysterectomy