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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Oncol. 2015 May 7;51(7):716–723. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2015.02.003

TABLE 1.

Clinical characteristics.

IMRT % Conventional % Total
Number of patients 48 282 330
 Median follow-up surviving (months) 44 66 59
Time Period P < .001
 1989-1995 0 0% 59 20.9% 59
 1996-2005 0 0% 169 59.9% 169
 2006-2011 48 100% 54 19.1% 102
Age P = .237
 Median (years) 65 68 68
 ≤65 25 52.1% 121 42.9% 146
 >65 23 47.9% 161 57.1% 184
Gender P = .028
 Male 37 77.1% 250 88.7% 287
 Female 11 22.9% 32 11.3% 43
T-stage P = .462
 Tis 3 6.3% 13 4.6% 16
 T1 32 66.7% 212 75.2% 244
 T2 13 27.1% 57 20.2% 70
T2 Subcategories
 Supraglottic extension 6 12.5% 14 5.0% 20
 Subglottic extension Impaired Cord 4 8.3% 31 11.0% 35
Mobility 3 6.3% 12 4.3% 15
Radiation dose P < .001
 Median dose (Gy) 63 66 66
 65.25 Gy or less 47 97.9% 85 30.1% 132
 66 Gy or more 1 2.1% 197 69.9% 198
Fraction size P < .001
 200 cGy or less 0 0.0% 206 73.0% 206
 225 cGy 48 100.0% 77 27.3% 125
Smoking P = .603
 Yes 43 89.6% 245 86.9% 288
 No 5 10.4% 37 13.1% 42

Abbreviation: Gy, Gray; IMRT, intensity-modulated radiotherapy.