Table 1.

Patient characteristics for patients included and treated according to the study protocol.

Category	Total	Male	Female
Included	49	32	17
Age (years)	59.1 (range 21.0–75.6)	60.3 (range 21.0–75.6)	56.9 (range 39.4–74.7)
Locally advanced	43	27	16
Level 0–5 cm	19	15	4
Level 6–10 cm	21	11	10
Level 11–15 cm	3	1	2
Mean height cm	6.7	6.1	7.4
T3	19	11	8
T4	24	16	8
N0	3	3	0
N1	17	11	1
N2	21	12	9
Nx	2	1	1
Moderate	14	7	7
High risk	29	20	9
Local recurrence	6	5	1