Table 1.
Patient characteristics and clinical features
| Patient characteristics | Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 232 (68.6) |
| Female | 106 (31.4) |
| Age | |
| ≤45 years | 174 (51.5) |
| >45 years | 164 (48.5) |
| UICC/AJCC clinical classification | |
| II | 40 (11.8) |
| III | 99 (29.3) |
| IV | 199 (58.9) |
| T classification | |
| T2 | 60 (17.8) |
| T3 | 83 (24.5) |
| T4 | 195 (57.7) |
| N classification | |
| N0 | 40 (11.8) |
| N1 | 141 (41.7) |
| N2 | 131 (38.8) |
| N3 | 26 (7.7) |
| Chemotherapy regimens | |
| NACT + CCRT | 139 (41.1) |
| CCRT alone | 199 (58.9) |
Abbreviations: AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; CCRT, concurrent chemoradiotherapy; NACT, neoadjuvant chemotherapy; UICC, International Union against Cancer.