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. 2017 Nov 15;8(61):102965–102973. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.22434

Table 1. Patients, tumor and treatment characteristics.

Characteristic No. of patients Percentage (%)
Age (years old) Median 50
<65 353 94.6
≥65 20 5.4
Histology Squamous cell carcinoma 336 90.1
Adenocarcinoma 28 7.5
Adenosquamous carcinoma 6 1.6
Undifferentiated carcinoma 2 0.5
Neuroendocrine carcinoma 1 0.3
Lymph nodes metastasis Regional lymph nodes metastasis 92 24.7
Pelvic lymph nodes metastasis 91 24.4
Para-aortic lymph nodes metastasis 18 4.8
EBRT technique FF-IMRT 124 33.2
VMAT 232 62.2
HT 17 4.6
Extended field irradiation Yes 52 13.9
No 321 86.1
Concurrent chemotherapy Cisplatin 346 92.8
Paclitaxel 27 7.2
Concurrent chemotherapy ≥4 cycles 318 85.3
<4 cycles 55 14.7
Dose of intracavitary brachytherapy ≤30 Gy 30 8.0
30–36 Gy 291 78.0
>36 Gy 52 13.9

EBRT indicates external beam radiation therapy; FF-IMRT, fixed field intensity modulated radiation therapy; VMAT, volumetric modulated arc therapy; HT, helical tomotherapy.