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Patient characteristics
| Characteristics | n | |
| Sex (M/F) | 40 (31/9) | |
| Mean age (yr) | 60 | |
| Location of tumor | Cervical | 2 |
| Upper thoracic | 5 | |
| Middle thoracic | 22 | |
| Lower thoracic | 11 | |
| T-classification | T3 | 18 |
| T4 | 22 | |
| N-classification | N0 | 23 |
| N1 | 17 | |
| M-classification | M0 | 34 |
| M1 | 6 | |
| UICC TNM stage | IIa | 15 |
| III | 16 | |
| IVa | 5 | |
| IVb | 4 |
UICC: International Union Against Cancer.
