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.