Table 2.
Characteristics of all patients
| Characteristics No. (%) | All patients N= 139 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Female | 31 (22) | |
| Male | 108 (78) | |
| Age, mean (range), y | 70 (48-85) | |
| Histology | ||
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 101 (73) | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 38 (27) | |
| Localisation | ||
| Suprabifurcal | 60 (43) | |
| Infrabifurcal | 48 (35) | |
| Overlapping | 31 (22) | |
| Length | ||
| ≤8 cm | 122 (88) | |
| >8cm | 17 (12) | |
| Lymph node metastases, cN+ | ||
| Yes | 116 (84) | |
| No | 23 (17) | |
| ECOG-PS at palliative treatment | ||
| 0-1 | 39 (28) | |
| 2-3 | 100 (72) | |
| Treatment | ||
| EBRT | 65 (47) | |
| BT | 46 (33) | |
| EBRT+BT | 28 (20) | |
| Dysphagia score | ||
| 0 | 0 (0) | |
| 1 | 42 (30) | |
| 2 | 60 (43) | |
| 3 | 30 (22) | |
| 4 | 7 (5) |
ECOG-PS: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; EBRT: external beam radiotherapy; BT: brachytherapy