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. 2022 Jun 30;12:861867. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.861867

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Characteristics Patients, n (%)
Sex
 Female 54 (7.5)
 Male 667 (92.5)
Age, median (range), years 73 (39–96)
 <69 245 (34.0)
 69–78 261 (36.2)
 ≥78 215 (29.8)
SUVmax, median cutoff 4.7
 <4.7 362 (50.2)
 ≥4.7 359 (49.8)
SUVmax, best cutoff 3.4
 <3.4 262 (36.3)
 ≥3.4 459 (63.7)
Location
  Cervical 2 (0.3)
  Upper 69 (9.6)
  Middle 274 (38.0)
  Lower 376 (52.1)
Clinical N stage
 N0 484 (67.1)
 N1 182 (25.2)
 N2 50 (6.9)
 N3 5 (0.7)
Adjuvant therapy
 No 550 (76.3)
 Concurrent chemoradiation therapy (CCRT) 6 (0.8)
 Radiation therapy (RT) 9 (1.2)
 Chemotherapy (CT) 156 (21.6)
Histological grade
 1 83 (11.5)
 2 533 (73.9)
 3 105 (14.6)
7th pathological T stage
 T1 427 (59.2)
 T2 85 (11.8)
 T3 200 (27.7)
 T4a 4 (0.6)
 T4b 5 (0.7)
 8th pathological T stage
 T1a 141 (19.6)
 T1b 286 (39.7)
 T2 85 (11.8)
 T3 200 (27.7)
 T4a 4 (0.6)
 T4b 5 (0.7)
Pathological N stage
 N0 385 (53.4)
 N1 185 (25.7)
 N2 108 (15.0)
 N3 43 (6.0)
7th pathological substage
 IA 33 (4.6)
 IB 277 (38.4)
 IIA 23 (3.2)
 IIB 173 (24.0)
 IIIA 107 (14.8)
 IIIB 60 (8.3)
 IIIC 48 (6.7)
7th pathological stage
 I 310 (43.0)
 II 196 (27.2)
 III 215 (29.8)
8th pathological substage
 IA 22 (3.1)
 IB 287 (39.8)
 IIA 47 (6.5)
 IIB 126 (17.5)
 IIIA 51 (7.1)
 IIIB 140 (19.4)
 IVA 48 (6.7)
8th pathological stage
 I 309 (42.9)
 II 173 (24.0)
 III 191 (26.5)
 IV 48 (6.7)
Instrument
 Discovery LS 411 (57.0)
 Discovery STE 310 (43.0)