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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Long-term results of chemoradiotherapy for stage II-III thoracic esophageal cancer in a single institution after 2000 -with a focus on comparison of three protocols-

Characteristic

Number of patients

Age at radiotherapy

 

 66 years or less

140

 More than 66 years

158

Gender

 

 Male

255

 Female

43

Performance status

 

 0

54

 1

201

 2

27

 Unknown

16

Primary site

 

 Upper thoracic esophagus

91

 Middle thoracic esophagus

160

 Lower thoracic esophagus

47

Stage

 

 II

93

 III (non-T4)

134

 III (T4)

71

Protocol

 

 Group A

48

 Group B

159

 Group C

91

Radiotherapy dose

 

 60 Gy or less

221

 More than 60 Gy

77

Concomitant chemotherapy

 

 1 cycle

42

 2 cycles

256

Adjuvant chemotherapy

 

 With

67

 Without

231

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BMC Cancer

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