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Table 1 Patient and tumor characteristics

From: The MRI-guided two adaptive brachytherapy fractions versus one adaptive brachytherapy fraction in one application for the cervical cancer: a retrospective study

Characteristic

Arm 1 (n = 63)

Arm 2 (n = 57)

P value

n (%)

n (%)

Median age

55.0 years (IQR:45.0–64.0)

54 .0 years (IQR:48.5–62.5)

0.948

FIGO stage (2009)

0.668

 IB2

2 (3.2%)

3 (5.3%)

 

 IIA1

1 (1.6%)

4 (7.0%)

 

 IIA2

8 (12.7%)

6 (10.5%)

 

 IIB

30 (47.6%)

24 (42.1%)

 

 IIIA

3 (4.8%)

3 (5.3%)

 

 IIIB

12 (19.0%)

11 (19.3%)

 

 IVA

5 (7.9%)

3 (5.3%)

 

 IVB

2 (3.2%)

3 (5.3%)

 

Histology

0.844

 Squamous cell carcinoma

58 (92.1%)

54 (94.7%)

 

 Non-squamous cell carcinoma

5 (7.9%)

3 (5.3%)

 

Concurrent chemotherapy

0.608

 Yes

52 (82.5%)

49 (86.0%)

 

 No

11 (17.7%)

8 (14.0%)

 

EBRT spot

0.949

 In our hospital

35 (55.6%)

32 (56.1%)

 

 In other hospitals

28 (44.4%)

25 (43.9%)

 

Median OTT1

64.0 days (IQR:57.0–85.0)

60.0 days (IQR:52.5–66.0)

0.006

EBRT in our hospital

59 days (IQR:54.0–63.0)

54.5 days (IQR:50.0–61.75)

0.026

EBRT in other hospitals

86 days (IQR:78.0–117.5)

65 days (IQR:63.0–83.5)

0.001

  1. Bold values indicate statistically significance
  2. IQR Inter Quartile Range, FIGO International federation of gynecology obstetrics, EBRT external beam radiotherapy, OTT Overall treatment time
  3. 1The first day of beginning EBRT to the last day finishing HDR-BT