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Table 1 Basic characteristics of patients with NPC and RTLI

From: Evolution of radiation-induced temporal lobe injury after intensity-modulated radiation therapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a large cohort retrospective study

Characteristics

No. of patients (%)

Sex

 Male

640 (70.1)

 Female

273 (29.9)

Age (years)

 < 50

532 (58.3)

 ≥ 50

381 (41.7)

Smoking (years)

 Yes

645 (70.6)

 No

268 (29.4)

Drinking (years)

 Yes

847 (92.8)

 No

66 (8.1)

Hypertension (years)

 Yes

840 (92.0)

 No

73 (8.0)

Diabetes (years)

 Yes

894 (97.9)

 No

19 (2.1)

Differentiation degree

 Yes

813 (89.0)

 No

100 (11.0)

Pathological type

 WHO type 1

0 (0)

 WHO type 2

378 (41.4)

 WHO type 3

535 (58.6)

TNM stage

 1

2 (0.2)

 2

18 (2.0)

 3

398 (43.6)

 4

495 (54.2)

T stage

 1

12 (1.3)

 2

61 (6.7)

 3

415 (45.5)

 4

425 (46.5)

N stage

 0

51 (5.6)

 1

286 (31.3)

 2

461 (50.5)

 3

115 (12.6)

M stage

 0

907 (99.3)

 1

6 (0.7)

  1. NPC nasopharyngeal carcinoma, RTLI radiotherapy-induced temporal lobe injury