Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Characteristics	No of patients (n=103)
Age (years)
Median	47
Range	21–67
Gender
Male	72 (69.9%)
Female	31 (30.1%)
Histology
WHO I	0 (0)
WHO II/III	103 (100%)
KPS
70	9 (8.7%)
80	62 (60.2%)
90	32 (31.1%)
T stage
T3	60 (58.3%)
T4	43 (41.7%)
N stage
N0	5 (4.9%)
N1	52 (50.5%)
N2	30 (29.1%)
N3	16 (15.5%)
Overall stage
III	50 (48.5%)
IV	53 (51.5%)

Abbreviations: WHO, World Health Organization; KPS, Karnofsky Performance Status.