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Table 1 Comparison of clinical and pathological characteristics

From: Clinical characteristics and radiation therapy modality of younger patients with early-stage endometrial cancer, a multicenter study in China’s real world

Characteristic

All

n = 1280

Young

(age ≤ 45)

n = 150

Non-young

(age>45)

n = 1130

p

Age

56.27 ± 9.00

39.93 ± 0.39

58.44 ± 0.21

< 0.001

Pathological type

    

 endometrioid

1183(92.4%)

142(94.7%)

1041(92.1%)

0.26

 Non endometrioid

97(7.6%)

8(5.3%)

89(7.9%)

2009FIGO staging

   

< 0.01

 Ia

592(46.3%)

86(57.3%)

506(44.8%)

0.004

 Ib

525(41.0%)

34(22.7%)

491(43.5%)

< 0.001

 II

163(12.7%)

30(20.0%)

133(11.8%)

0.004

Risk classification

   

< 0.01

 Low risk

359(28.0%)

58(38.7%)

301(26.7%)

0.002

 Intermediate risk

354(27.7%)

21(14.0%)

333(29.5%)

< 0.001

 High-intermediate risk

240(18.8%)

27(18.0%)

213(18.8%)

0.802

 High risk

324(25.3%)

44(29.3%)

280(24.8%)

0.228

Differentiation

    

 G1: Well differentiated

419(32.7%)

63(42.0%)

356(31.5%)

0.98

 G2: Moderately differentiated

537(42.0%)

49(32.7%)

488(43.2%)

 G3/4: Poorly/Undifferentiated

233(18.2%)

31(20.7%)

202(17.9%)

 Gx: Undetermined

91(7.1%)

7(4.7%)

84(7.4%)

Deep Myometrial infiltration

(≥ 1/2 or < 1/2)

    

 ≥ 1/2

608(47.5%)

46(30.7%)

562(49.7%)

< 0.001

 Unknown

8(0.6%)

2(1.3%)

6(0.6%)

 

Lymphovascular space invasion (+/-)

    

 (+)

227(17.7%)

26(17.3%)

201(17.8%)

0.891

Lower uterine segment invasion (+/-)

    

 (+)

349(27.3%)

70(46.7%)

279(24.7%)

< 0.001

 Unknown

1(0.08%)

0

1(0.09%)

 

Cervical invasion

    

 (-)

1024(80.0%)

105(70.0%)

919(81.3%)

0.006

 Interstitial infiltration

163(12.7%)

30(20.0%)

133(11.8%)

 Gland infiltration

92(7.2%)

14(9.3%)

78(6.9%)

 Unknown

1(0.08%)

1(0.7%)

0

Maximum diameter of tumor

3.40 ± 1.89

4.18 ± 2.22

3.27 ± 1.81

< 0.001

 Unknown

455(35.5%)

43(28.7%)

412(36.5%)

 

Surgery type

(comprehensive or partial)

    

 Comprehensive surgical staging

887(69.2%)

115(76.7%)

772(68.3%)

0.071

 Unknown

38(3.0%)

2(1.3%)

36(3.2%)

 

Adjuvant therapy (chemoradiotherapy/radiotherapy)

    

 Chemoradiotherapy

253(19.8%)

35(23.3%)

218(19.3%)

0.49

 Unknown

83(6.5%)

10(6.7%)

73(6.5%)

 

Radiotherapy modality

    

 VBT

627(48.9%)

77(51.3%)

550(48.7%)

0.77

 EBRT

155(12.1%)

16(10.7%)

139(12.3%)

 VBT + EBRT

498(38.9%)

57(38.0%)

441(39.0%)

With second primary tumor

42(3.3%)

4(2.7%)

38(3.4%)

0.81

Acute side effects

660(51.6%)

68(45.3%)

592(52.4%)

0.104

 Lower gastrointestinal

496(38.8%)

50(33.3%)

446(39.5%)

0.154

 Upper gastrointestinal

282(22.0%)

35(23.3%)

247(21.9%)

0.898

 Urinary system

137(10.7%)

13(8.7%)

124(11.0%)

0.320

 Hematologic system

295(23.0%)

34(22.7%)

261(23.1%)

0.801

Late side effects

318(28.2%)

29(22.1%)

289(29%)

0.100

 Gastrointestinal

153(13.6%)

10(7.7%)

143(14.4%)

0.056

 Urinary system

72(6.4%)

3(2.3%)

69(6.9%)

0.239

 Hematologic system

61(5.4%)

9(6.9%)

52(5.2%)

0.431

 Lower limb edema

98(8.7%)

7(5.4%)

91(9.1%)

0.455