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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 3.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Apr 22;107(5):964–973. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.04.019

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Characteristic n (%)
Age, y
 ≤40 14 (40)
 >40 to ≤50 6 (17)
 >50 to ≤60 11 (31)
 >60 4 (11)
Race/ethnicity
 White, non-Hispanic/Latina 15 (43)
 Hispanic/Latina 16 (46)
 Other 4 (11)
Karnofsky performance status score
 100 22 (63)
 90 5 (14)
 80 6 (17)
 70 2 (6)
Body mass index, kg/m2
 ≥20 to <25 8 (23)
 ≥25 to <30 11 (31)
 ≥30 to <35 10 (29)
 ≥35 6 (17)
Smoking status
 Current 9 (26)
 Former 8 (23)
 Never 18 (51)
FIGO stage (2009)
 IB 12 (34)
 IIA 2 (6)
 IIB 8 (23)
 IIIA 1 (3)
 IIIB 11 (31)
 IVA 1 (3)
Tumor histology
 Squamous cell carcinoma 24 (69)
 Adenocarcinoma 10 (29)
 Adenosquamous carcinoma 1 (3)
Tumor grade
 Moderately differentiated 12 (34)
 Poorly differentiated 17 (49)
 Unknown 6 (17)
Pretreatment imaging
 PET/CT 33 (94)
 MRI 16 (46)
Surgery
 None (intact cervix) 32 (91)
 Posthysterectomy, residual disease 1 (3)
 Posthysterectomy, recurrent disease 2 (6)
No. of cisplatin cycles
 ≤3 3 (9)
 4 9 (26)
 5 22 (63)
 6 1 (3)
No. of gemcitabine cycles
 ≤3 4 (11)
 4 8 (23)
 5 22 (63)
 6 1 (3)
Radiation approach
 Teletherapy
  Extended (paraortic) field 3 (9)
  Inguinal field 3 (9)
  Simultaneous integrated boost 21 (60)
  Parametrial boost 8 (23)
  Stereotactic boost 3 (9)
 Brachytherapy
  Intracavitary tandem + ovoids/ring 32 (91)
  Intracavitary cylinder 2 (6)
  Interstitial implant 4 (11)
Treatment duration, d
 ≤60 30 (86)
 >60 to ≤70 3 (9)*
 >70 2 (6)*

Abbreviations: FIGO = International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; PET/CT = positron emission tomography/computed tomography.

*

Of 5 treatment durations >60 d, 4 were due to hospitalization and 1 (63 d) was due to a delay in boost scheduling.