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. 2020 Nov 5;31(5):3306–3314. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-07439-8

Table 1.

Patient and tumor characteristics

Group 1 Group 2
Characteristics γpCR
(n = 21)
Non-γpCR
(n = 75)
γpCR
(n = 9)
Non-γpCR
(n = 34)
Sex
Male 14 (18%) 64 (82%) 7 (19%) 29 (81%)
Female 7 (39%) 11 (61%) 2 (29%) 5 (71%)
Age (median (IQR)) (years) 65 (7) 63 (10) 65 (6) 63 (10)
Histology
Adenocarcinoma 16 (18%) 72 (82%) 8 (%) 34 (81%)
Squamous cell carcinoma 5 (62%) 3 (38%) 1 (100%) 0 (0%)
Tumor location
Distal esophagus/GEJ 21 (22%) 75 (78%) 9 (21%) 34 (79%)
Tumor length (median (IQR)) (cm) 5.0 (5.3) 6.0 (4.0) 3.0 (6.5) 6.0 (4.0)
Clinical T-stage
T1 and T2 6 (55%) 5 (45%) 3 (50%) 3 (50%)
T3 and T4a 15 (18%) 70 (82%) 6 (16%) 31 (84%)
Clinical N-stage
N0 and N1 19 (28%) 49 (72%) 8 (27%) 22 (73%)
N2 and N3 2 (7%) 26 (93%) 1 (8%) 12 (92%)
Number of chemotherapy cycles
4 4 (22%) 14 (78%) 2 (20%) 8 (80%)
5 17 (22%) 61 (78%) 7 (21%) 26 (79%)
Mandard tumor regression grade
1 21 (100%) 0 (0%) 9 (100%) 0 (0%)
2 0 (0%) 24 (100%) 0 (0%) 12 (100%)
3 0 (0%) 33 (100%) 0 (0%) 17 (100%)
4 0 (0%) 16 (100%) 0 (0%) 4 (100%)
5 0 (0%) 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 1 (100%)

Abbreviations: γpCR, pathologic complete response; IQR, interquartile range; GEJ, gastroesophageal junction