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Table 1 Clinical characteristics

From: Maximal standard uptake values of 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography compared with Epstein-Barr virus DNA as prognostic indicators in de novo metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients

Characteristic

n(%)

Total

253

Gender

 Male

216(85.4%)

 Female

37(14.6%)

Age (years)

  ≤ 47

133(52.6%)

  > 47

122(47.4%)

T stage #

 T1

12(4.7%)

 T2

22(8.7%)

 T3

133(52.6%)

 T4

86(34.0%)

N stage #

 N0

4(1.6%)

 N1

28(11.1%)

 N2

94(37.2%)

 N3

127(50.2%)

Metastatic sites

 Bone

116(45.8%)

 Lung

28(11.1%)

 Liver

14(5.5%)

 Distant nodes

22(8.7%)

 Multiple sites

73(28.9%)

LRRT use

 No

89(35.2%)

 Yes

164(64.8%)

  1. Abbreviations: LRRT locoregional radiotherapy
  2. According to the 8th edition of the UICC/AJCC staging system