Clinical Study

Involved-Field Radiotherapy versus Elective Nodal Irradiation in Combination with Concurrent Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective Randomized Study

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Characteristic IFRT arm 
ENI arm 
P
  % %

Gender0.343
 Male3782.24888.9
 Female817.8611.1
Age, y0.385
 Median5655.5
 Range27 7138 71
KPS0.744
 80–90817.81120.4
 90–1003782.24379.6
Weight loss0.771
5%3475.64481.5
 5%–10%1022.2916.7
10%12.211.9
TNM stage0.420
 IIIA1533.31425.9
 IIIB3066.74074.1
Tumor position0.363
 Central3373.33564.8
 Peripheral1226.71935.2
PET/CT examination1328.91018.50.224
Histology0.668
 Adenocarcinoma2351.12750.0
 Squamous cell carcinoma1942.22342.6
 Adenosquamous carcinoma12.200.0
 Undifferentiated carcinoma24.447.4