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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cancer. 2012 Jan 28;48(11):10.1016/j.ejca.2011.12.030. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.12.030

Table 1.

Demographic and medical characteristics

Characteristic Acupuncture
(n=10)		 Control
(n=11)		 P-value
Age in years
  Mean (SD) 45.8 (13.3) 47.2 (13.6) 0.81
  Median (range) 42.9 (30.3–71.3) 47.2 (20.4–70.4)
Gender n (%) 0.48
  Male 9 (90.0) 11 (100.0)
  Female 1 (10.0) 0 (0.0)
Stage n (%) 0.78
  I 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  II 1 (10.0) 1 (9.1)
  III 8 (80) 7 (63.6)
  IV 1 (10) 3 (27.3)
Radiation Dose (Gy)
  Mean (SD) 67.7 (2.2) 66.7 (7.8) 0.7
  Median (range) 66.0 (66.0–70.4) 70.0 (44.0–70.4)
Type of Chemotherapy N (%) 0.74
  Radiation Only 2 (66.7) 1 (33.3)
  Induction Chemo 4 (66.7) 2 (33.3)
  Concurrent Chemo 1 (33.3) 2 (66.7)
  Induction and Concurrent Chemo 3 (33.3) 6 (66.7)