Clinical Study
Better Survival with Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy Than with Conventional Radiotherapy for Cervical Cancer: A Population-Based Study
Table 1
Demographic characteristics and comorbidities of cervical cancer patients in the 2D and 3D groups.
| | 2D | 3D | P value | | () | () | | | % | | % |
| Age (in years) | | | | | 0.67 | 0–44 | 16 | 12.1 | 83 | 12.9 | | 45–54 | 32 | 24.2 | 183 | 28.4 | | 55–64 | 36 | 27.3 | 152 | 23.6 | | 65–74 | 33 | 25.0 | 139 | 21.6 | | 75+ | 15 | 11.4 | 87 | 13.5 | | Diabetes mellitus | | | | | 0.01 | Yes | 41 | 31.1 | 138 | 21.4 | | No | 91 | 68.9 | 506 | 78.6 | | Hypertension | | | | | 0.75 | Yes | 54 | 40.9 | 273 | 42.4 | | No | 78 | 59.1 | 371 | 57.6 | | Coronary heart disease | | | | | 0.13 | Yes | 35 | 26.5 | 133 | 20.7 | | No | 97 | 73.5 | 511 | 79.3 | | Hyperlipidemia | | | | | 0.13 | Yes | 41 | 31.1 | 160 | 24.8 | | No | 91 | 68.9 | 484 | 75.2 | | Side effects | | | | | 0.04 | Yes | 41 | 31.1 | 148 | 23.0 | | No | 91 | 68.9 | 496 | 77.0 | | Urbanization level | | | | | 0.18 | Urban | 27 | 20.5 | 189 | 29.3 | | Suburban | 65 | 49.2 | 270 | 41.9 | | Rural | 39 | 29.5 | 177 | 27.5 | | Other | 1 | 0.8 | 8 | 1.2 | | Geographic region | | | | | 0.60 | Northern | 50 | 37.9 | 289 | 44.9 | | Central | 49 | 37.1 | 197 | 30.6 | | Southern | 3 | 2.3 | 14 | 2.2 | | Eastern | 29 | 22.0 | 139 | 21.6 | | Other | 1 | 0.8 | 5 | 0.8 | | EC | | | | | 0.06 | EC 1, 2 | 32 | 24.2 | 111 | 17.2 | | EC 3 | 50 | 37.9 | 221 | 34.3 | | EC 4 | 20 | 15.2 | 96 | 14.9 | | Other | 30 | 22.7 | 216 | 33.5 | |
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EC indicates enrollee category.
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