Table 3.

Patient and cancer characteristics in five patient scenarios

Characteristic	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4	Patient 5
Clinical Cancer Characteristics
cT	cT1	cT4	cT2	cT2	cT2
cN	cN0	cN1	cN1	cN0	cN0
cM	cM0	cM0	cM0	cM0	cM0
cG	cG3	cG2	cG3	cG3	cG2
cNodes	0	1	1	0	0
Distance from incision (cm)	35	36	35	37	35
Location	L	L	L	L	L
Lymphovascular invasion	No	Yes	No	No	No
Extracapsular invasion	No	No	No	No	No
Length (cm)	2.5	5.1	5.9	5.4	5.2
Patient Characteristics
Age (y)	67	65	60	74	44
Sex	Male	Male	Male	Male	Female
Race	White	White	White	White	White
Body mass index (kg/m2)	26	25	22	27	24
Weight loss (kg)	2.6	2.0	7.6	5.8	12
ECOG performance status	0	1	0	1	1
Barrett esophagus	No	No	No	No	No
Other cancers	No	No	No	No	No
Diabetes	No	No	No	NIDDM	No
Coronary artery disease	No	No	No	No	No
Arrhythmia	No	No	No	No	No
Hypertension	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Peripheral arterial disease	No	No	No	No	No
Smoker	Past	Current	Past	No	Past
FEV1 (% of predicted)	97	101	97	98	92
Creatinine (mg/dL)	83	72	67	72	68
Bilirubin (mg/dL)	11.7	12.6	11.2	11.0	10.6

Key: ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second; NIDDM, non–insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.