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Table 1 Patient, clinical, tumor, and treatment characteristics

From: Circulating levels of IL-6 and TGF-β1 in patients with prostate cancer undergoing radiotherapy: associations with acute radiotoxicity and fatigue symptoms

Number of patients (n)

39

Age; mean ± sd

70.7 ± 6.7

Smoking status; n (%)

29 (74.4%)

Alcohol consumption; n (%)

 Yes, regular

1 (2.6%)

 Periodically

23 (59.0%)

 No

15 (38.5%)

Medical comorbidities; n (%)

Diabetes mellitus

7 (17.9%)

 Hypertension

28 (71.8%)

 Operations/abdominal

17 (43.6%)

 Other malignancies

36 (92.3%)

PSA before diagnosis; median (min – max) ng/mL

10.0 (3.9–38.8)

PSA before radiotherapy; median (min–max) ng/mL

0.6 (0.1–14.3)

T stage; n (%)

 T2

27 (69.2%)

 T3

12 (30.8%)

Gleason score; n (%)

 6

7 (17.9%)

 7

30 (76.9%)

 8

1 (2.6%)

 9

1 (2.6%)

N stage; n (%)

 N0

38 (97.4%)

 N1

1 (2.6%)

Type of radiotherapy; n (%)

 Definitive

26 (66.7%)

 Postoperative

13 (33.3%)

Dose volume groups; n (%)

 Prostate

5 (12.8%)

 Prostate and seminal vesicles

13 (33.3%)

 Prostate, seminal vesicles, and lymph nodes

21 (53.8%)

Risk groups

 Low risk

5 (12.8%)

 Intermediate risk

26 (66.7%)

 High risk

8 (20.5%)