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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of all respondents

From: Real world practice of postoperative radiotherapy for patients with completely resected pIIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer: a national survey of radiation oncologists in China

Characteristic

No. (%)

Age (years)

Median

40

IQR

35–47

Gender

Male

377 (77.9)

Female

107 (22.1)

Clinical experience

1–5 years

82 (16.9)

6–10 years

121 (25.0)

11–20 years

163 (33.7)

 ≥ 21 years

118 (24.4)

Professional titles

Senior title

253 (52.2)

Intermediate title

176 (36.4)

Junior title

55 (11.4)

Economic levels

Underdeveloped

54 (11.2)

Intermediately developed

330 (68.1)

Developed

100 (20.7)

Hospital type

Comprehensive hospital

347 (71.7)

Cancer specialty hospital

137 (28.3)

Hospital rank

Tertiary class A hospital

358 (74.4)

Tertiary class B hospital

67 (13.8)

Secondary hospital

57 (11.8)

PORT techniques

2D-RT

2 (0.4)

3D-CRT

42 (8.7)

IMRT

330 (68.2)

VMAT

107 (22.1)

TOMO

3 (0.6)

Knowledge of LungART trial

No

124 (25.6)

Yes

360 (74.4)

Knowledge of PORT-C trial

No

130 (26.9)

Yes

354 (73.1)

  1. IQR Interquartile range, PORT Postoperative radiotherapy, 2D-RT 2D radiation therapy, 3D-CRT 3D-conformal radiation therapy, IMRT Intensity-modulated radiation therapy, VMAT Volumetric modulated arc therapy, TOMO tomotherapy