Table 1.
Patient characteristics before radiotherapy (N=200).
| Characteristics | Value | |
| Age (years) | ||
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Mean (SD) | 57.2 (11.08) |
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Median (range) | 57 (27-78) |
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Q1-Q3 | 50-65 |
| Gender, n (%) | ||
|
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Male | 85 (42.5) |
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Female | 115 (57.5) |
| Diagnosis, n (%) | ||
|
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Breast cancer | 115 (57.5) |
|
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Prostate cancer | 85 (42.5) |
| Treatment setting, n (%) | ||
|
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Curative | 169 (84.5) |
|
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Palliative | 31 (15.5) |
| T status, n (%) | ||
|
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is | 4 (2.0) |
|
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1 | 88 (44.0) |
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2 | 65 (32.5) |
| 3 | 36 (18.0) | |
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4 | 4 (2.0) |
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X | 1 (0.5) |
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Unknown | 2 (1.0) |
| N status, n (%) | ||
|
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0 | 132 (66.0) |
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+ | 19 (9.5) |
|
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1 | 38 (19.0) |
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2 | 4 (2.0) |
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3 | 4 (2.0) |
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X | 3 (1.5) |
| M status, n (%) | ||
|
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0 | 159 (79.5) |
|
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1 | 34 (17.0) |
|
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X | 7 (3.5) |
| Initial Karnofsky performance index, n (%) | ||
|
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60 | 3 (1.5) |
|
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70 | 19 (9.5) |
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80 | 43 (21.5) |
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90 | 68 (34.0) |
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100 | 67 (33.5) |
| Previous radiotherapy, n (%) | ||
|
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No | 144 (72.0) |
|
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Yes | 56 (28.0) |
| Tumor stagea, n (%) | ||
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Early | 102 (51.0) |
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Advanced | 98 (49.0) |
aEarly tumor stage: Tis/1/2, N0, M0; advanced tumor stage: T3 or above, N1 or above, M1.