Table 1. Patient characteristics.

	Patients
Characteristics	No.	%
Age
Median	65 years
Range	32–81 years
Sex
Male	12	75
Female	4	25
ECOG performance status
0	1	6
1	10	63
2	5	31
Histology
Well differentiated	1	6
Moderately differentiated	8	50
Poorly differentiated	2	13
Mixed differentiation	3	19
Not specified	2	13
Stage
T3	13	81
T4	2	13
Tx	1	6
N0	2	13
N1	7	44
N2	6	38
M0	1	6
M1	15	94
Metastatic disease
Nil	1	6
Bone	1	6
Liver	11	69
Lung	5	19

ECOG=Eastern Cooperative Group.