Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the six oesophageal cancer cases.

Case no.	cTNM†	AJCC location*	Histology	Male/Female	Age (yr)
1	T3N2M0	Upper thoracic	SCC	M	67
2	T3N1-2M0	Middle thoracic	SCC	M	54
3	T2N2M0	Lower thoracic, EGJ1	AC	M	71
4	T3N2-3M0	Lower thoracic, EGJ	AC	F	70
5	T2N0-1M0	Lower thoracic	AC	M	64
6	T3N1M0	Upper thoracic	SCC	F	74

Abbreviations: no. = number; yr = years; M = Male; F = Female; SCC = squamous cell carcinoma; AC = adenocarcinoma.

^†Clinical tumour-node-metastasis (cTNM) stage according to 7th edition TNM classification.

^*American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) classification 2012.

¹Lower thoracic tumour including the oesophageal-gastric junction (EGJ).