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. 2015 Apr;6(2):115–125. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2014.091

Table 1. Demographic, baseline disease, and treatment characteristics for the entire cohort (n=62) and broken down by whether or not patients received adjuvant therapy following surgical resection.

Characteristic All patients (n=62) Patients who received adjuvant therapy (n=39) Patients who did not receive adjuvant therapy (n=23) P value
Demographic data
    Age: median [IQR] 68 [57-77] 67 [55-76] 68 [65-80] 0.107
    Age ≥65 years: No. (%) 38 [61] 21 [54] 17 [74] 0.177
    Gender: No. male (%) 35 [56] 23 [59] 12 [52] 0.791
    ECOG performance status ≥1: No. (%) 13 [21] 10 [26] 3 [13] 0.338
Tumor resection specimen data
    Tumor diameter: median centimeters (IQR) 4.0 (3.0-6.0) 4.5 (3.5-6.0) 4.0 (3.0-6.3) 0.645
    Tumor diameter: No. >3 cm [%] 45 [73] 30 [77] 15 [65] 0.383
    Histologic grade
         No. well differentiated [%] 0 [0] 0 [0] 0 [0]
         No. moderately differentiated [%] 11 [18] 6 [15] 5 [22] 0.732
         No. poorly differentiated [%] 51 [82] 33 [85] 18 [78] 0.732
    Tumor stage
         No. T2 [%] 10 [16] 7 [18] 3 [13] 0.731
         No. T3 [%] 41 [66] 24 [62] 17 [73] 0.409
         No. T4 [%] 11 [18] 8 [21] 3 [13] 0.516
    Lymph node involvement at resection: No. [%] 48 [77] 31 [79] 17 [74] 0.755
    Positive margin at resection: No. [%] 18 [29] 11 [28] 7 [30] 0.999
    Lymphovascular invasion present: No. [%] 46 [74] 28 [72] 18 [78] 0.765
    Perineural invasion present: No. [%] 52 [84] 31 [79] 21 [54] 0.298

The right-most column shows P values for statistical comparison of each characteristic between patients who did (n=39) and did not (n=23) receive adjuvant therapy in the form of chemoradiation or chemotherapy alone. IQR, interquartile range; No., number; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; cGy, centiGray.