Table 1. Basic characteristic of 210 LA NPC patients.
| Characteristic | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 154 (73.3) |
| Female | 56 (26.7) |
| Age (years) | |
| Range | 13–72 |
| Median | 46 |
| <50 | 131 (62.4) |
| ≥ 50 | 35 (37.6) |
| WHO pathology | |
| Type I | 9 (4.3) |
| Type II | 3 (1.4) |
| Type III | 198 (94.3) |
| ECOG performance status | |
| 0 | 168 (80.0) |
| 1 | 42 (20.0) |
| T stage * | |
| T1 | 7 (3.3) |
| T2 | 29 (13.8) |
| T3 | 96 (45.7) |
| T4 | 78 (37.2) |
| N stage * | |
| N0 | 21 (10.0) |
| N1 | 62 (29.5) |
| N2 | 108 (51.4) |
| N3 | 19 (9.1) |
| Clinical stage * | |
| III | 117 (55.7) |
| IVa | 75 (35.7) |
| IVb | 18 (8.6) |
| Comorbidity | |
| No | 154 (73.3) |
| Yes | 56 (26.7) |
Abbreviations: WHO: World Health Organization. ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.
*The 7th AJCC/UICC staging system.