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Table 1 Patients and tumor characteristics of the h-R3/RT and CDDP/RT groups (N = 104)

From: A retrospective paired study: efficacy and toxicity of nimotuzumab versus cisplatin concurrent with radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

 

h-R3/RT (N = 52)

CDDP/RT (N = 52)

 

Characteristics

[n (%)]

[n (%)]

P Value*

Age

  

1.000

  < 60

45 (86.5%)

45 (86.5%)

 

 ≧60

7 (13.5%)

7 (13.5%)

 

Sex

  

0.083

 Male

42 (82.7%)

36 (69.2%)

 

 Female

10 (17.3%)

16 (30.8%)

 

T category

  

0.799

 1

11 (21.2%)

11 (21.2%)

 

 2

13 (25.0%)

14 (26.9%)

 

 3

12 (23.1%)

12 (23.1%)

 

 4

16 (30.7%)

15 (28.8%)

 

N category

  

0.957

 0

3 (5.8%)

4 (7.7%)

 

 1

20 (38.4%)

19 (36.5%)

 

 2

23 (44.3%)

23 (44.3%)

 

 3

6 (11.5%)

6 (11.5%)

 

M category

  

1.000

 0

52 (100%)

52 (100%)

 

 1

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

 

Clinical stage

  

0.831

 II

13 (25.0%)

13 (25.0%)

 

 III

20 (38.5 0%)

21 (40.4%)

 

 IV (non-metastatic)

19 (36.5.0%)

18 (34.6%)

 

Histologic type

 non-keratinizing

52 (100%)

52 (100%)

 

 Total RT

(70/74)a

(70/74)a

 

dose (Gy)

 ECOG

0-2

0-2

 
  1. Abbreviations: RT radiotherapy, h-R3/RT nimotuzumab and radiotherapy, CDDP/RT cisplatin and radiotherapy. ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
  2. aa total of 74 Gy when patients had skull base bone destruction
  3. *All p values were obtained by the non-parametric test