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. 2016 Oct 11;2016(10):CD002142. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002142.pub4

3. Characteristics of participants in PORT meta‐analysis.

Characteristic Postoperative RT Surgery only Total
AGE (data from 11 trials)
< 54 years 294 327 621
55 to 59 years 267 261 528
60 to 64 years 290 276 566
> 65 years 312 315 627
Unknown 0 1 1
SEX (data from 11 trials)
Male 988 992 1980
Female 175 187 362
Not recorded 0 1 1
HISTOLOGY (data from 9 trials)
Adenocarcinoma 195 218 413
Squamous 522 545 1067
Other 66 54 120
Unknown 380 363 743
META‐ANALYSIS STAGE (data from 11 trials)
I 328 338 666
II 353 366 719
III 463 455 918
IV 1 0 1
Unknown 18 21 39
WHO PERFORMANCE STATUS (data from 4 trials; not used)
Good (0, 1) 195 196 391
Poor (2, 3, 4) 77 83 160
Unknown 22 21 43